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10 Heller Braunau
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Braunau am Inn |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | S. v. Weech |
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| Obverse description | Green and beige Notgeld note with the town name BRAUNAU AM INN in bold letters across the top panel. The denomination numeral 10 appears in large format within decorative frames at left and right, with HELLER inscribed below each. The central vignette bears the municipal coat of arms of Braunau am Inn — a quartered shield with a lion passant — surrounded by the redemption text in vertical columns and the burgomeister's manuscript signature above the legend STADTGEMEINDE / BRAUNAU A/I at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRAUNAU AM INN 10 HELLER DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS 31. DEZ. 1920 IN DER STADTKASSA IN GESETZL. BARGELDE EINGELOEST. DER BUERGERM. STADTGEMEINDE BRAUNAU A/I |
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Braunau am Inn sits on the Austrian bank of the Inn River directly opposite the Bavarian town of Simbach, and in 1920 the border crossing there was one of the more economically fraught in the newly partitioned German-speaking world. This Heller notgeld was issued as small-change coinage collapsed out of circulation — a problem shared by virtually every Austrian municipality in the immediate postwar period, but acutely felt in a border town where cross-river commerce complicated any local monetary arrangement.
The print run of over twelve million is substantial for a municipal emergency issue of this size, suggesting aggressive distribution rather than ceremonial printing. S. v. Weech's designer credit is unusual — most notgeld at this level went to local printers working from generic templates.