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10 Heller Blindenmarkt
| Issuer | Gemeinde Blindenmarkt (Municipality of Blindenmarkt) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld voucher on cream paper, with the issuer title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Blindenmarkt' across the top in Gothic script and denomination numerals '10' at each upper corner. A central oval vignette carries what appears to be a local heraldic or architectural motif flanked by decorative guilloche side panels. Below the vignette, a two-column liability text is followed by the validity date '30. Dezember 1920' and three facsimile signatures of municipal officials. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Blindenmarkt 10 Zwanzig Heller Die Gemeinde Blindenmarkt haftet für die Verbindlichkeit und hat hiefür eine eigene Deckungs-rücklage bestellt. Gültig bis einschl. 30. Dezember 1920 Jul. Lechner, Vicebürgermeister. Roman Lechner, Bürgermeister. Joh. Ortner, Gemeinderat. Druck von Franz Kielar in Amstetten. |
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Blindenmarkt is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept through Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1922 — a direct consequence of the currency chaos that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The printing was handled locally by Franz Kielar in nearby Amstetten, which was typical of the practical constraints facing small communities that needed emergency small-change but lacked access to major printing houses.
Three municipal officials signed: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a Gemeinderat member — an unusually full signing authority for a denomination this small.