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10 Heller Altlengbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altlengbach (Municipality of Altlengbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on white paper and is entirely typographic in character, with no pictorial vignette. A rectangular border of repeating diamond ornaments frames the composition, with the numeral '10' in bold type at each lower corner. The heading 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Altlengbach.' is set in blackletter type, beneath which a block of German text explains the issuance conditions, specifying a total amount of 40,000 Kronen in interest-free emergency currency, valid until 31 December 1920 and redeemable in legal tender between 15 and 31 December 1920. A final line reads 'Die Nachahmung wird bestraft.' (Counterfeiting will be punished). |
| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde Altlengbach. 10 10 Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Altlengbach unverzinsliche Kassenscheine im Gesamtbetrag von 40.000 K aus. Diese werden von der Gemeinde Altlengbach bis 31. Dezember 1920 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird bestraft. |
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Altlengbach is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the currency chaos that followed imperial collapse and the near-total disappearance of small-change coinage from circulation. Local governments were legally permitted to issue their own emergency scrip to fill the gap, and hundreds did. Eduard Sieger in Vienna was a workhorse printer for this trade, producing runs for numerous Lower Austrian communes simultaneously.
The Jaksc/Pick reference places this as the "c" subvariant within the Altlengbach series.