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10 Heller Ebelsberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ebelsberg (Municipality of Ebelsberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large central vignette printed in dark brown over a salmon underprint, showing a reclining soldier in uniform resting against rocky terrain, rifle at his side, with a pine tree in the background — a commemorative allusion to the heroes of the Napoleonic-era Battle of Ebelsberg. Denomination roundels reading '10 / HELLER' are placed in the upper corners, bordered by decorative foliate panels at left and right. The issuer inscription 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EBELSBERG' runs in bold capitals along the lower margin, flanked by ornamental devices. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 HELLER GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EBELSBERG Hier lebten die Helden der Wiener Kroatissen |
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Ebelsberg was a small market town south of Linz — now absorbed into the city — that issued this Heller note as part of Austria's postwar Notgeld wave. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left local authorities scrambling for small-denomination currency; the central supply of coins had effectively vanished by 1919–1920, and municipalities across Upper Austria printed their own stopgap paper to keep daily commerce moving.
A print run of over twelve million for a village-scale issuer is striking. Many Austrian Notgeld series were deliberately overprinted for the collector market, which was already flourishing by 1920 — speculators and hobbyists drove demand far beyond any local circulation need.