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10 Heller Anzbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Anzbach (Municipality of Anzbach) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress notgeld on pale paper, framed by an elaborate Art Nouveau foliate border. A central oval vignette presents a view of the Anzbach parish church with its tower and surrounding buildings set against a landscape horizon, with the denomination numeral '10' in large display type at upper left and upper right, each accompanied by the word 'HELLER'. The lower portion carries 'GUTSCHEIN D. GEMEINDE' in a curved banner above bold denomination text, with three facsimile signature lines for Vizebürgermeister (left and right) and Bürgermeister (centre) printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE ANZBACH ÜBER 10 HELLER Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Anzbach Gutscheine aus. Diese Gutscheine lauten auf 10 Heller, sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Anzbach bis 15. Jänner 1921 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. Dezember 1920 bis 15. Jänner 1921 in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. — Die Nachahmung dieses Gutscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. 2. AUFLAGE. CHWALA'S DRUCK, WIEN VII. ZIEGLERG. 61 |
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Anzbach is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and its 1921 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued after the First World War when severe coin shortages made small-denomination exchange nearly impossible. The municipal issues of this period were not coordinated centrally — each Gemeinde arranged its own printing, which is why a Vienna-based commercial printer like Chwala's Druck in the seventh district appears here serving a rural Lower Austrian community.
Heller denominations became worthless within a few years as Austrian hyperinflation accelerated through 1921–1922, rendering most of these notes unredeemed.