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10 Heller Fieberbrunn
| Issuer | Gemeinde Fieberbrunn (Municipality of Fieberbrunn) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-black ink on a grey guilloche underprint within a wavy decorative border. To the left, the municipal coat of arms of Fieberbrunn is set within a cartouche, while to the right the denomination 'Zehn Heller' is inscribed in Gothic script above the issuing text 'Kassenschein der Gemeinde Fieberbrunn', validity date 'giltig bis 31. Dezem. 1920', and place-date 'Fieberbrunn 1919'. Three manuscript signatures appear at lower right under the roles of Bürgermeister, Gemeinderat, and Vizebürgermeister, with the printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK.' at lower right and the edition note '1. AUFLAGE' at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue-black ink on a fine grey guilloche ground, with a blue border frame. At centre, an oval medallion vignette contains a left-facing portrait bust of Christian Blattl, identified by a ribbon legend above reading 'Schützen-hauptm. Christian Blattl i.J. 1809'. Flanking the central vignette are two municipal shield devices; the denomination '10 Hl.' appears in large Gothic numerals below the medallion. The place name 'Fieberbrunn in Tirol.' is inscribed across the middle field. |
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Fieberbrunn is a small market town in the Tyrolean Pillerseetal valley, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the acute coin shortage that swept rural Austria in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left local governments scrambling to issue their own Notgeld simply to make change — Wagner in Innsbruck became a workhorse printer for dozens of these Tyrolean municipal issues during this period.
The Jaksch catalogue distinguishes multiple variants within the Fieberbrunn series; the "a" suffix here indicates the earlier of the known printings.