Catalog
10 Heller Bruck im Pinzgau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bruck im Pinzgau (Municipality of Bruck im Pinzgau) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld voucher printed in blue on cream paper, enclosed within a dotted rectangular border with ornamental floral corner devices. The denomination numeral '10' is set centrally in large Gothic blackletter type, flanked on each side by the word 'Heller', with the issuer name 'Gemeinde Bruck i. P.' below. The word 'Notgeld' appears in large display blackletter script at the top of the field, separated from the denomination line by a horizontal rule. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse enclosed within a dotted rectangular border, printed entirely in black with a multi-line blackletter text block giving the redemption pledge of the Municipality of Bruck i. Pzg., valid until 31 December 1920 in legal tender. The Bürgermeister's printed signature 'Anton Posch' appears below the text block, preceded by the title line 'Der Bürgermeister:'. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld from the First World War period, issued by the rural Salzburg municipality of Bruck im Pinzgau when small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation almost overnight after 1914. Coin hoarding hit alpine communities particularly hard — metallic currency drained toward urban centers and military procurement, leaving village economies dependent on whatever paper the local council could print and back on its own authority.
The Anton Posch signature identifies a local official rather than a central banking functionary. That single signature and the absence of any major printing house distinguishes this from state-issued emergency currency.