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100 Heller

100 Heller - obverse100 Heller - reverse

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Features

Issuer Municipality of Altenmarkt (Styria) (Federal State of Styria)
Period First Republic (1919-1934)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1920
Value 100 Hellers
Currency Krone (1918-1921)
Composition Paper
Size 311 × 55 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Lithography
Issued 1920
Demonetized 31 December 1920
Number
N#
569840

Series: Notgeld – Altenmarkt, 1920

Obverse

Strip of five connected panels. The leftmost panel reads: “Altenmarkter Kleingeld 1920. Auflage 400 Stück. Schlußausgabe.” The three central panels show the denominations: “Gutschein über Zwanzig 20 Heller”, “Gutschein über Dreißig 30 Heller”, and “Gutschein über Fünfzig 50 Heller”, each followed by “Gemeinde Altenmarkt, Bez. Liezen, Steiermark”. The rightmost panel reads: “Ohne Gemeindestempel ungültig.” and bears the circular municipal stamp.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Altenmarkter Kleingeld 1920. Auflage 400 Stück. Schlußausgabe.
Gutschein über Zwanzig 20 Heller.
Gutschein über Dreißig 30 Heller.
Gutschein über Fünfzig 50 Heller.
Gemeinde Altenmarkt Bez. Liezen, Steiermark.
Ohne Gemeindestempel ungültig.

Reverse

Four mourning-style verses, each marked with a cross symbol, describing the “life” of the notgeld in allegorical form. The rightmost panel reads: “3. in Druck erschienene Auflage. Einlösetermin: 31. Dezember 1920.”

Script: Latin

Lettering:
✝ Mancher Deinen Wert verkannte … Uns warst stets ein guter Freund.
✝ Du ein Sorgenkind, geboren … Als der Völkerkrieg verloren.
✝ Langes Leben ward beschieden … Plötzlich Du verschieden bist.
3. in Druck erschienene Auflage. Einlösetermin: 31. Dezember 1920.

Comments

Local emergency money (Notgeld) issued by the municipality of Altenmarkt in 1920. The strip contains three denominations (20–30–50 Heller) joined by perforation. The reverse features four poetic, obituary-style verses describing the notgeld’s symbolic “life”. The print run is stated as 400 pieces, and the reverse indicates this is the third printed edition. Redemption deadline: 31 December 1920.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1920  third printed edition

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