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10 Heller Grieskirchen
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Grieskirchen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadtgemeinde Grieskirchen löst diesen Gutschein über Zehn Heller vom 1. bis 15. Oktober 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargeld ein. Der Bürgermeister: Joh. Straßer. |
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| Reverse lettering | Matth. Huemers Witwe Grieskirchen, Roßmarkt 126. Spezial-Geschäft für Tuch-, Manufaktur-, Baumwoll-, Wäsche-, Wirk- u. Spezereiwaren. |
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Grieskirchen's 10 Heller emergency note belongs to Austria's vast postwar Notgeld phenomenon — a period when municipal and commercial issuers flooded the country with small-denomination paper because metal coinage had essentially vanished from circulation. The Stadtgemeinde Grieskirchen, a modest Upper Austrian market town, issued these notes out of practical necessity rather than civic pride. Joh. Straßer's signature as authorizing official is the primary authentication element on an otherwise locally produced piece.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0288Ic-10.16 places this within a documented sub-series, suggesting Grieskirchen issued across multiple design variants — not unusual for municipalities that reprinted as stocks depleted.