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10 Heller Biedermannsdorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Biedermannsdorf (Municipality of Biedermannsdorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on a blue-grey wave-pattern guilloche underprint, the note is enclosed within a rectangular border. The denomination numeral '10' appears in diamond-shaped cartouches at left and right, with 'HELLER' inscribed below each. A central circular vignette encloses a portrait bust in profile, surrounded by a wreath and circular inscriptions. Three facsimile signatures of municipal officials are arranged along the lower portion of the note, below their respective title designations. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEMEINDE BIEDERMANNSDORF BEZ MÖDLING GUTSCHEIN ÜBER ZEHN HELLER NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT 10 HELLER LAUT SITZUNGSBESCHLUSS VOM 22 JUNI 1920 WIRD DIESER GUTSCHEIN BIS 15 JULI 1920 IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELD EINGELÖST VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER GEMEINDERAT KASSIER |
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Biedermannsdorf is a small municipality south of Vienna, and this 10 Heller notgeld belongs to the enormous wave of Austrian emergency small change issued after the First World War, when coin metal had been systematically stripped for the war effort and low-denomination currency simply ceased to circulate. Hundreds of municipalities printed their own paper fractions, most redeemable only locally and for a limited period.
The Jaksch/Pick reference places this in the catalogued series, but survivorship among village-level Austrian notgeld is highly uneven — many were redeemed and destroyed as intended, making scarce communes disproportionately so compared to larger towns that printed in bulk.