20 Heller from Asten, Notgeld Mint: Asten (Austria)

1920

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

77 × 56 mm (7.7 × 5.6 cm)

Credit Line

Glen McLaughlin Collection of Austrian Notgeld Currency

Accession Number

2015.50.172

Geography

Made in Asten, Austria

Culture

Austrian

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: 20 Heller; scene of chapel; decorative bundles of crop

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: "Die Gemeinde Asten bei Enns in Oberosterreich gibt laut Beschluss vom 9. Mai 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 20.000 K aus und haftet fur die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein bis 31. Dezember 1920 bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulosen."
Provenance
Morris Markson, Ayreshire, Scotland, to 1961; Glen McLaughlin, Los Gatos, Calif., 1961–2015; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 29
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

hellers (money), money, paper money

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