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10 Heller Bischofshofen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Bischofshofen (Market Town of Bischofshofen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld note printed in black on a salmon-pink ground with an ornamental guilloche border framing the entire face. At centre, a green heraldic shield vignette serves as underprint for the large bold numeral '10', flanked on either side by the denomination legend 'Zehn Heller' in two columns. The issuing authority inscription 'Die Marktgemeinde Bischofshofen' appears at top, followed by the redemption clause and validity period, with the place-date 'Bischofshofen, 1. Juni 1920' and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Marktgemeinde Bischofshofen zahlt gegen Abgabe dieses Scheines vom 1. Juni bis 31. August 1920 Zehn Heller 10 Zehn Heller in österr. Währung Der Bürgermeister: Bischofshofen, 1. Juni 1920 |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine coin shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended. Municipal and commercial issuers across Austria flooded the market with small-denomination emergency notes throughout 1920, with towns like Bischofshofen granted informal authority to produce their own — a decentralized stop-gap that the central government tolerated rather than sanctioned.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0088a places this among the documented Salzburg provincial issues. Bischofshofen's series is not among the rarer or more sought-after Notgeld runs, but complete municipal sets from smaller Salzburg towns do attract specialist collectors of Austrian provincial issues.