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| Issuer | Gemeinde Blindenmarkt (Municipality of Blindenmarkt) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 30 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Blindenmarkt 10 Zehn Heller Die Gemeinde Blindenmarkt haftet für die Verbindlichkeit und hat hiefür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Gültig bis einschl. 30. Dezember 1920 Jul. Lechner, Vicebürgermeister. Roman Lechner, Bürgermeister. Joh. Ortner, Gemeinderat. Druck von Franz Rielar in Amstetten |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Blindenmarkt Niederösterreich. 10 10 Heller Heller Die Gemeinde Blindenmarkt gibt auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 19. März 1920 Gutscheine zu 10, 20 und 50 Heller aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diese Scheine in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Diese Gutscheine haben bis 30. Dezember 1920 Gültigkeit, sind unverzinslich und werden im Monate Dezember 1920 im Gemeindeamte Blindenmarkt (Niederösterr.) in gesetzl. Bargeld eingelöst. Später vorgwiesene Scheine werden nicht eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. Zehn 10 Heller |
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Blindenmarkt is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the catastrophic currency fragmentation that followed Austria-Hungary's collapse — local municipalities issuing their own emergency paper because the central supply of small-denomination coinage had simply dried up. These Notgeld issues were a practical fix, not a monetary experiment. Printed locally by Franz Rielar in nearby Amstetten, it carries three signatories: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a council member, which gave even the smallest issues a veneer of municipal authority.
The JPR0093b designation indicates a variant within the Blindenmarkt series — likely a paper or colour distinction from the 0093a type.