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90 Heller
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wels |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in two colours — brown for the ornamental border and green for the central vignette — in an Austrian Secessionist style. The central rectangular vignette, executed in a woodcut-like intaglio technique, depicts a historical scene of a church procession entering the Pollheimer vault (Pollheimer Gruft), with richly attired figures in Renaissance dress. Elaborate Art Nouveau scroll and foliate ornaments fill the left and right lateral panels, and the legend "KIRCHGANG POLLHEIMERGRUFT" appears in a decorative band below the vignette; the printer's imprint "Orig. Zchn. v. Aug. Mober, Wels" is noted at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-green on cream paper in a bold Secessionist letterpress design. The upper portion carries the issuer's name and note type in large display lettering across three lines, followed by the denomination in large capitals. Flanking the central redemption text are two square panels each bearing the numeral "90", while an elaborate scrollwork ornament occupies the right margin; the redemption clause, redemption month, and the Bürgermeister's name appear in a centred text block. |
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Wels issued a run of Notgeld denominations in the early 1920s as postwar inflation ground through Austria's currency. The 90 Heller sits at an odd value — not a standard unit, but a practical one, designed to fill gaps in change that the official coinage could no longer cover. By 1921 the Austrian Heller was already near worthless in any practical sense; these municipal emergency notes were stop-gap instruments, and most Austrian towns knew it.
Aug. Mober was a local Wels printer, and the production shows it — thin margins for error, modest registration. Signed by Carl Richter as municipal authority.