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10 Heller Ampflwang
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ampflwang (Municipality of Ampflwang) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | P#JAKSC/PICK#JPR0036A-10 |
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| Protection type | Control stamp |
| Protection description | Circular dotted official municipality control stamp applied to the reverse over the text. |
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Ampflwang is a small Upper Austrian mining community, and its 1920 emergency money — Notgeld — was issued during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Municipal authorities across the country were effectively forced to print their own fractional currency because the new Republic of Austria could not supply enough small change to keep local commerce functioning. The control stamp served as the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, a telling sign of how improvised these issues were.
Anton Brand signed as Bürgermeister, giving the note its legal standing within the commune. Notgeld of this type was typically redeemable only locally and for a limited period.