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10 Heller Grein
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Grein |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld vignette printed on cream paper, enclosed within an elaborate Art Nouveau scrollwork border with foliate and rocaille ornaments. A central panoramic view of the town of Grein shows the church steeple and surrounding hillside settlement against a mountainous backdrop, rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large Gothic figures at both lateral margins, with the issuer inscription 'Stadtgemeinde Grein' arched across the upper field in decorative blackletter script. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein über 10 Heller der Stadt Grein DIESE UNVERZINSLICHEN GUTSCHEINE WERDEN VON DER STADTGEMEINDE GREIN BIS 15. APRIL 1921 IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE GLEICHER WÄHRUNG EINGELÖST. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESER SCHEINE WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT. GREIN, 15. APRIL 1920. DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DIE VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: |
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Grein is a small market town on the Danube in Upper Austria, and its 1920 Heller notgeld is among the more locally produced examples of Austria's postwar emergency currency wave — printed by Hiebl, a local firm, rather than one of the Vienna or Graz commercial houses that supplied most municipal issues. That localism matters: the paper quality and registration on Hiebl-printed notes is noticeably inconsistent across the run, and minor alignment variants exist within this denomination.
Austria's Heller was already being phased out by 1920, making these late-issue notgeld pieces short-lived by design.