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10 Heller
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Gmunden (City of Gmunden) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on a cream paper ground with a floral guilloche underprint border, the obverse carries the title inscription "Gutschein der Stadt Gmunden." at the top. The denomination numeral "10" appears in large bold type at left and right flanking a central vignette of a multi-storey baroque municipal or commercial building rendered in fine line engraving. At the lower margin, the issuance place and date "Gmunden, 1. Dez. 1919." are inscribed alongside the title "Der Bürgermeister:" followed by a facsimile signature of the mayor. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Gmunden. 10 HELLER 10 (ZEHN) Zur Behebung der herrschenden Hartgeldnot gibt die Stadtgemeinde Gmunden auf Grund des Gemeindeausschußbeschlusses vom 7. November 1919 Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrag von 40.000 K aus u. hinterlegt diesen Betrag als Deckung. Diese Gutscheine werden bis auf öffentlich kundgemachten Widerrut bei der städt. Zentralkassa in gesetzl. Bargeld eingelöst. Nachahmung wird bestraft. |
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Gmunden's 1919 Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian municipal emergency money — Notgeld — that flooded the country after the collapse of the Habsburg Empire left small communities without adequate coin for everyday commerce. The city issued multiple denominations, each with its own distinctive local design, printed locally rather than through any central authority. These were genuine stopgap instruments, not commemorative issues, and they circulated hard in a town already struggling with postwar economic dislocation.
The "l" suffix in the Jaksch reference indicates a specific printing variant within the 10 Heller type — likely a color or paper distinction from earlier runs. Collectors should verify this against the Jaksch plates directly, as variant misattribution within the Gmunden series is common.