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10 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ockert (Municipality of Ockert) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#0702a-10 |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in green on cream paper, the note is enclosed within an ornate ruled border and carries the issuer name 'Gemeinde Ockert' in Gothic script across the upper register, flanking a central floral cartouche. A rural landscape vignette at centre-left shows a village church steeple rising above trees, with fruit-laden boughs framing the right margin, while the denomination '10 Heller' appears in bold Gothic lettering on a scroll cartouche at centre. The lower panel bears the municipal liability text, three facsimile signatures of municipal officials, and the validity clause 'Giltig bis 31 Dezember 1920'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Ockert Gutschein auf 10. Heller. Die Gemeinde Ockert haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen mit ihrem gesamten Aktivvermögen. Karl Schober GESCH.GEMEINDERAT. Franz Baier BÜRGERMEISTER Franz Buchegger VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER Giltig bis 31 Dezember 1920. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft! |
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Ockert is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian communities in 1920 — a period when chronic small-coin shortages forced even minor local governments to print their own emergency currency. The three signatures here are unusually specific: mayor, vice-mayor, and the managing councillor, suggesting the issuing committee took some care to formalize the authorization despite the improvised nature of the instrument.
The Jaksch/Pick 0702a series covers Ockert's issues in both denominations. Paper notgeld of this type was frequently printed in very small runs by local stationers or district printers, and survival rates vary sharply even within the same series.