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20 Heller Kallham
| Issuer | Gemeinde Kallham (Municipality of Kallham) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream paper within a simple ornamental border of repeating diamond and scallop motifs. The central field is occupied entirely by a typeset German text block setting out the terms of issue, stating the total emission of 20,000 Kronen in Kassenscheine of 20 Heller, their non-interest-bearing status, acceptance by the Gemeinde Kallham until 31 December 1920, and a warning that counterfeiting is punishable by law. |
| Reverse lettering | Kassenschein der Gemeinde Kallham über 20 Heller. Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Kallham für 20.000 Kronen Kassenscheine aus. Diese Kassenscheine lauten auf 20 Heller, sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Kallham bis 31 Dezember 1920 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Kassenscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Kallham is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized Austrian communes, it issued Heller notgeld during the coin shortage that gripped the country from around 1916 onward. The federal government's failure to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation forced local authorities — villages, towns, cooperatives, even individual businesses — to print their own emergency fractional currency. The Gemeinde series from Upper Austria tends to be among the more plainly produced examples, reflecting limited local printing resources rather than any deliberate design ambition.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR0422a distinguishes the 20 Heller as a separate emission within Kallham's issue, suggesting at least one other denomination was produced alongside it.