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10 Heller Dross
| Issuer | Gemeinde Dross (Municipality of Dross) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GMD. DROSS N.Ö. 10 HELLER DIE GEMEINDE HAFTET FUER DIE EINLOESUNG DIESES SCHEINES MIT IHREM GANZEN VERMOGEN VICEBURGERMEISTER · BURGERMEISTERA · GEM·RAT |
| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse printed in blue with entirely typographic text in Fraktur and roman script, carrying the note's formal title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Droß über 10 Heller' in large bold Fraktur lettering at centre. Validity and redemption conditions are stated below in smaller Fraktur type, specifying the note is valid until 31 December 1920 and redeemable at the municipal cashier between 16 and 31 December 1920 upon personal presentation. A header line in roman type reads '10. Auflage (Notgeldausstellung).', and a ghost impression of the obverse design is visible through the thin paper stock. |
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Dross is a small wine-growing village in the Krems district of Lower Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — to address the catastrophic coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The Gemeinde series from this region tends to attract collectors precisely because each issuer commissioned locally meaningful artwork rather than generic typography.
Rohrhofer's design credit is unusual — most village-level Notgeld from Lower Austria went unsigned or used regional print shops without individual attribution. Worth noting for provenance purposes.