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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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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a pictorial vignette illustrating a scene from the Upper Austrian Peasants' Revolt, referencing the battle in the Emlinger Forest. An inscription along the lower margin reads "Kampf im Emlinger Holz am 9. November 1626", identifying the depicted engagement of 9 November 1626. The denomination "10 Heller" also appears on this side. |
| 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.