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20 Heller Rottenbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rottenbach (Municipality of Rottenbach) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Heller Gemeinde Rottenbach ENTW. H. ANZENBERGER. |
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| Signature(s) | Josef Pautzenberger |
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Rottenbach is a small Upper Austrian village, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal emergency money — Notgeld — issued from roughly 1920 onward when small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely. Thousands of Gemeinden printed their own, and the market for collector sets quickly overtook genuine monetary need as the primary driver of production.
H. Anzenberger's design credit is unusual at this level — most village Notgeld went unsigned by any named artist. Whether this reflects local pride or a small commercial print commission is unclear, but it distinguishes the Rottenbach issue from purely utilitarian municipal scrip.