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10 Heller Furth bei Göttweig, Grey green issue

Issuer Marktgemeinde Furth bei Göttweig (Market Town of Furth bei Göttweig)
Year 1920
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Designer(s) Otto Stoitzner
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Reverse description The reverse is printed in black on plain paper within a simple ruled rectangular border. A centred text block in mixed roman and blackletter type identifies the designer and printer at the top, followed by the bold headline 'Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Furth über 10 Heller.' A paragraph of body text explains the purpose and redemption conditions of the issue, stating that the municipality of Furth issued interest-free cash notes totalling 50,000 Kronen to alleviate a small-change shortage, accepted in payment until 30 September 1920 and redeemable in lawful currency between 16 and 30 September 1920.
Reverse lettering Entwurf: Otto Stoitzner.
Druck: Josef Faber, Krems.
Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Furth über 10 Heller.
Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Furth unverzinsliche Kassenscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 50.000 Kronen aus. Sie werden von der Gemeinde Furth bis 30. September 1920 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 16. bis 30. Septbr. 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst.
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Furth bei Göttweig is a small market town in Lower Austria, directly below the Benedictine monastery of Göttweig — and like hundreds of other Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency small change notes, Notgeld, to compensate for the catastrophic coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Josef Faber in Krems handled printing for several local communities in the region during this period.

Otto Stoitzner, the designer credited here, came from a family of Austrian artists and was known for his work in applied graphics. The grey-green color variant is one of multiple issues in this series — the color distinction matters for collectors, as the variants were not always issued simultaneously.

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