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10 Heller Gallneukirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Gallneukirchen (Market Town of Gallneukirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse lettering | Zur Behebung der heutigen Kleingeldnot gibt die Marktgemeinde Gallneukirchen auf Grund des Gemeindeausschußbeschlusses vom 24. April 1920 Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von sechzigtausend Kronen aus. Diese Gutscheine werden in der Zeit bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargeld bei der Gemeindetassa eingelöst. Der Bürgermeister: Johann Stingeder. 10 Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft. 10 |
| Signature(s) | Johann Stingeder |
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Gallneukirchen's 10 Heller notgeld dates from the chaotic monetary contraction that followed Austria's post-war reorganization, when the collapse of the Habsburg economy left small municipalities scrambling to produce their own fractional currency simply to make change. The market town — a small community northeast of Linz — issued these notes under the authority of its Bürgermeister, with Johann Stingeder's signature providing the necessary local authentication.
Austrian municipal notgeld of this period was typically printed in short runs and redeemed quickly, which counterintuitively makes low-denomination survivors scarcer than their face value suggests.