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10 Heller Bergheim
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bergheim (Municipality of Bergheim, Land Salzburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a line-art view of the parish church of Bergheim with its characteristic tower set against a cloud-filled sky, framed by an arched border. Flanking the central image are two vertical text panels carrying the guarantee and redemption declarations, with denomination numerals '10' in ornate cartouches at lower left and right. Below the church vignette, a circular seal inscribed 'BERGHEIM PAROCHIA S. GEORGII' with an equestrian figure of Saint George divides the lower legend 'GUTSCHEIN DER' and 'GEMEINDE BERGHEIM'; the entire composition is enclosed within an intricate foliate and scroll border in dark ink on buff-toned paper. |
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| Reverse lettering | Wallfahrtskirche Maria Plain Gemeinde Bergheim 10 |
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Bergheim is a small parish municipality just north of Salzburg city, and its decision to issue Notgeld in 1920 reflects the severe small-coin shortage that paralyzed everyday commerce across Austria in the immediate postwar years. The federal government simply could not produce low-denomination coinage fast enough, and hundreds of municipalities stepped into the gap with locally printed emergency paper.
L. Pech handled both design and printing — a common arrangement for small-community issues where a local printer doubled as the de facto artist. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0082Ia-10 places this within the Salzburg municipal Notgeld grouping, a series that has attracted collector attention disproportionate to its face value.