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10 Heller Bergheim
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bergheim (Municipality of Bergheim, Land Salzburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a pen-and-ink style view of the Bergheim parish church with its distinctive Baroque tower set against a cloudy sky, printed in dark ink over a salmon-pink underprint. At the lower centre, a circular seal reads 'BERGHEIM PAROCHIA S. GEORGII' enclosing an equestrian figure of St. George. Denomination numerals '10' appear in oval cartouches at lower left and right, flanked by ornate foliate border panels; legal obligation text in German occupies the left and right lateral columns, with the Bürgermeister's signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE GEMEINDE BERGHEIM (LAND SALZBURG) HAFTET FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT DIESEN SCHEIN IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN UND HAT HIEFÜR EINE EIGENE DECKUNGS-RÜCKLAGE BESTELLT. DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS 31. OKT 1920 IM GEMEINDEAMTE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINGELÖST. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE BERGHEIM DER BÜRGERMEIST[ER] BERGHEIM PAROCHIA S. GEORGII |
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Bergheim is a small municipality immediately north of Salzburg city, and its 1920 Heller notgeld issue belongs to the vast Austrian emergency money wave that followed the collapse of the Habsburg currency system. The sheer print run — over twelve million pieces for a village of a few hundred inhabitants — reflects the wholesale commercial distribution of Austrian gemeinde notgeld to collectors, a practice that was already well underway by 1920. These were sold in sets, often by mail order, far beyond any local circulation need.
Designer L. Pech is credited across several Salzburg-region notgeld issues from this period, though documentation on the individual is sparse.