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10 Heller Eggenburg
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Eggenburg |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown within a rectangular outer border enclosing a dashed inner frame, with a two-line verse in Gothic script occupying the upper margin. A circular central vignette reproduces the historic Eggenburg municipal seal, rendering a fortified city gate with flanking towers and a surrounding legend identifying it as the Stadtwappen aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, while redemption text in Gothic typeface is set in two columns to either side. A counterfeiting warning and the printer's imprint appear at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Gold in goldener Zeit, und Eisen in eisernen Tagen. Jetzo nur hält uns Papier. Wich' es doch balde dem Gold! Die Stadtgemeinde Eggenburg löst diesen Schein in der Zeit vom 15.-31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bar- geld ein und haftet für diese Verpflichtung mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Stadtwappen aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Pressvereinsdruckerei Eggenburg |
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Eggenburg's Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian municipal notgeld issued after World War I, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small towns scrambling to produce their own fractional currency. The Stadtgemeinde issued these locally through the Pressvereinsdruckerei — a press tied to the Catholic civic association network common across Lower Austria — which kept production costs low and turnaround fast.
By 1920 the inflationary pressure on small denominations was already severe enough that 10 Heller notes were borderline impractical the moment they were printed.