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20 Heller Sarleinsbach
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sarleinsbach (Market Town of Sarleinsbach) |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0948-20 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on cream paper and centres on an elaborate baroque cartouche surmounted by a stylised mask and flanked by symmetrical foliate and floral sprays. Within the cartouche, an oval vignette contains a sprig of carnations above the date numerals '15' and '5'. Denomination numerals '20' are repeated in each of the four quadrants, with scrolled circular devices at left and right, all contained within a plain ruled border. |
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| Signature(s) | Franz Jetschgo |
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Sarleinsbach is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a Kriegsnotgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced during World War I when the Austro-Hungarian state could no longer keep small-denomination coinage in circulation. Hoarding and metal requisitions gutted the coin supply from 1914 onward, forcing thousands of municipalities to print their own fractional paper.
Franz Jetschgo's signature identifies him as the authorizing local official. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0948-20 places this within the documented Upper Austrian municipal series, though survival rates for village-level Heller notes vary sharply — many were redeemed and pulped once the wartime shortage eased.