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10 Heller Durnstein an der Donau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau (Wachau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD 10 HELLER DÜRNSTEIN A/D. DONAU ENTWURF: PROF. KAMPAS, MÖDLING EDUARD SIEGER, WIEN |
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| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. 10 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HASTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT, DIESEN SCHEIN BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 IN ZAHLUNG ZU NEHMEN UND IN DER ZEIT VOM 15. BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 GEGEN PERSÖNLICHE VORWEISUNG BEI DER GEMEINDEKASSE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. VIZEBÜRGER-MEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: 1. GESCHÄFTSS. GEM.-RAT: |
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Dürrnstein, the small Wachau river-town on these notes' face value, is best known as the castle ruin where Richard I of England was held captive in 1192–93 — a fact the local Marktgemeinde was clearly not above trading on. The 10 Heller was part of a broader Austrian Notgeld wave that flooded the country after the collapse of the Habsburg currency system left provincial municipalities scrambling for small change; the central government simply could not supply adequate coin in the immediate postwar years.
Eduard Sieger of Vienna was a prolific printer of Austrian emergency currency during this period, and the involvement of a named designer — Prof. Kampas of Mödling — suggests these were produced with more deliberate artistic intent than the crudest municipal issues.