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10 Heller
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Ried im Innkreis (City of Ried im Innkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in dark red on cream paper, the obverse is divided into three vertical panels by ruled borders. The left panel carries validity and anti-counterfeiting notices in German; the central panel displays the large numeral '10' surmounted by 'ZEHN HELLER' and the legend 'Gutschein der Stadtgemeinde RIED' in display type. The right panel contains the municipality's redemption guarantee and bears the manuscript signature of Bürgermeister Hans Leitgeb. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein / der Stadtgemeinde Ried über / 10 Heller 10 / (zehn) / Zur Behebung der herrschenden Hartgeldnot gibt die Stadtgemeinde Ried auf Grund des Gemeindeausschußbeschlusses vom 11. Jänner 1920 Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von fünfzigtausend Kronen aus. Diese Gutscheine werden in der Zeit vom 1. Aug. bis einschl. 31. Aug. 1920 bei der städtischen Kasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. (Translation: Voucher of the Municipality of Ried for 10 Heller (ten) / To alleviate the prevailing shortage of small change, the Municipality of Ried, pursuant to the municipal council resolution of 11 January 1920, issues vouchers up to a total amount of fifty thousand Kronen. These vouchers will be redeemed in legal tender at the municipal cashier's office from 1 August to 31 August 1920 inclusive.) |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this period was a direct product of the postwar coin shortage — by 1920, small-denomination metal currency had all but vanished from circulation, forcing hundreds of towns to print their own emergency paper. Ried im Innkreis, the administrative center of the Innkreis region in Upper Austria, was among them. The mayor's signature here is that of Hans Leitgeb, who held office during the turbulent early years of the First Austrian Republic.
These local issues were typically printed in short runs and redeemed quickly, which gives surviving pieces more archival than monetary significance.