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10 Heller Gilgenberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Gilgenberg (Municipality of Gilgenberg) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse lettering | ÖS 10 / h10 Gemeinde Gilgenberg Spruch zu Gilgenberg: Still und bescheiden am Waldesrand Gilgenberg liegt doch wohlbekannt Reichlich gehobene Gräberfunde Aus grauer Vorzeit geben Kunde Auch Maier Helmbrecht, geht die Sage, Hier einst verlebte Seine Tage. Kastl Kapelle am Adenberg. |
| Signature(s) | J. Hartl |
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| Comments |
Gilgenberg am Weilhart is a small parish in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld emergency — the municipal small-change crisis that swept Austria and Germany from around 1916 onward as metal coinage vanished from circulation. Thousands of communities issued their own paper Heller notes, but most relied on larger regional printers. Josef Stampfl & Comp., operating under the Höglinger imprint in nearby Braunau am Inn, served a cluster of Upper Austrian municipalities during this period.
The single signature, J. Hartl, almost certainly represents a local municipal official rather than a bank officer — Gemeindenotgeld of this type was authorized at the community level, not through any banking institution.