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10 Heller Erla
| Issuer | Gemeinde Erla (Municipality of Erla) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Notgeld-Schein der Gemeinde Erla bei St. Valentin N.-Öst. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels: the left panel bears denomination numeral '10' in an octagonal frame above a Gothic blackletter text block stating the issuing authority and total issue amount; the central panel presents a vignette of a robed bishop or saint figure standing beneath a Gothic arch, rendered in detailed line engraving; the right panel carries a matching '10' octagonal numeral above the redemption text and bears the manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine shortage of small-denomination coinage following the First World War. The central government's inability to supply adequate fractional currency forced thousands of municipalities to print their own emergency issues — Erla among them. Most circulated only locally and were redeemable within a fixed period, after which unredeemed notes were typically retained as souvenirs rather than returned for destruction.
Erla is a small village in Upper Austria. Its issues are among the more obscure municipal Notgeld, with correspondingly low survival rates in collectible condition due to the cheap paper stock used across virtually the entire Austrian communal series.