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10 Heller Aschach a. d. Donau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Aschach an der Donau (Market Municipality of Aschach on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Colourful Notgeld note printed in red, teal, and white on a teal ground with a dotted underprint. The central vignette presents a large ornate monogram encircling the municipal coat of arms of Aschach, which is quartered and charged with grape clusters and vine leaves, all rendered in a Gothic folk-art style. The denomination numeral "10" appears in bold red at each of the four corners within heart-shaped cartouches, flanked by vertical red-and-white striped bands referencing the Austrian national colours, with scrollwork and feather-quill ornaments along the lateral margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der M.-G. Aschach über 10 Heller Die Marktgemeinde Aschach a. D. haftet für diesen Schein durch eine eigene Deckungsrücklage. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb vier Wochen nach erfolgter öffentl. Aufforderung bei der Gemeindekasse Aschach eingelöst wird. der Bürgermeister die Vizebürgermeister |
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Aschach an der Donau, a small market town on the upper Danube in Upper Austria, issued this 10 Heller note as part of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system after 1918 left small communities starved of coins — the new Republic of German-Austria couldn't mint coinage fast enough, so thousands of local authorities printed their own emergency fractional currency to keep trade moving at the market and inn level.
Heller-denomination Notgeld from villages this size rarely survived in quantity; most were redeemed locally and pulped.