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20 Heller Landfriedstetten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Landfriedstetten (Municipality of Landfriedstetten) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed notgeld voucher in blue-grey ink on coarse buff paper, framed within a decorative foliate border. The heading 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Landfriedstetten' is set in Gothic blackletter script across the upper register, with the denomination '20 Heller' in bold numerals to the left; the right panel carries a six-line German verse evoking the Erlauf valley's medieval history, followed by a redemption clause dated 1 April 1921 and two facsimile official signatures. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain buff paper, entirely unadorned; no text, vignettes, or decorative elements are present, leaving the fibrous texture of the coarse wartime paper stock fully exposed. |
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Landfriedstetten is a small village in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly obscure municipalities, it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria between roughly 1919 and 1921. These hyper-local issues were often produced in tiny print runs, authorized by the mayor and a council witness, which explains the two-signature format: Josef Doppler and Karl Schober signing for the commune rather than any banking authority.
Village-level Heller notes at this denomination were frequently redeemed quickly and pulped, making survivors uncommon despite the low face value suggesting mass production. The issuer here had no issuing infrastructure of its own — the note's legitimacy rested entirely on municipal guarantee.