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10 Heller Dross
| Issuer | Gemeinde Dross (Municipality of Dross) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse with the obverse design visible as a light underprint ghost. The text, printed in green Gothic (Fraktur) script, is arranged in three centred lines giving the full issuer title, denomination, validity date, and redemption conditions. A note in the upper right corner reads '9. Auflage (Italien).' indicating the print edition. |
| Reverse lettering | 9. Auflage (Italien). Gutschein der Gemeinde Droß über 10 Heller. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. Einlösetermin 16. bis 31. Dezember 1920 gegen persönliche Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse. |
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Dross is a small village in Lower Austria's Kremstal, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept through Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1922. With the Habsburg currency system in collapse and small coinage effectively vanished from circulation, thousands of Gemeinden issued their own emergency paper — Dross among them. The designer Rohrhoper was likely a local figure rather than a professional printer's engraver, which is typical for village-level Notgeld commissions of this period.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0135.09-10 suggests this belongs to a two-note set within the Dross issue, probably the 10 and 20 Heller values issued together.