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10 Heller
| Issuer | Municipality of Alkoven (Federal State of Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | K. Handler |
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| Obverse description | Ornate notgeld voucher enclosed within a decorative frame, with a central portrait vignette of Emanuel Schöblsinger Tyrn shown with weapons behind him. The issuing authority text reads "Gutschein der Gemeinde Alkoven über zehn Heller" along with the mayor's signature line "Der Bürgermeister: J. Haselmayer", validity clause "Gültig nur bis 31. Dezember 1920", and the warning "Nachahmung wird gerichtlich bestraft". The denomination "10 Heller" and the designer credit "Entw. K. Handler" also appear on the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | KAMPF IM EMLINGER HOLZ AM 9. NOVEMBER 1626 10 HELLER |
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Alkoven is a small market commune in the Eferding district, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1920 was driven by the same acute small-change shortage that pushed hundreds of Austrian municipalities into emergency currency that year. The postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left coin denominations effectively absent from daily commerce, and local authorities were legally permitted — briefly — to fill the gap themselves.
Handler's name appears on a number of Upper Austrian communal issues from this period, suggesting a regional designer working across multiple municipal commissions rather than a one-off local arrangement.