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10 Heller Grieskirchen
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Grieskirchen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the obverse carries a large decorative typeface rendering of 'Grieskirchen' across the upper portion beneath the issuing authority legend. To the left, a vignette of a stone arch gateway (Schwibbogen) and to the right a townscape vignette identified as the Bezirksgericht; the year '1920' is split either side of the central text panel. The central text block states the denomination 'Zehn Heller' and the redemption terms, signed by the Bürgermeister, with the numeral '10' in an ornamental cartouche at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream paper surface without any design, text, or ornamental elements. |
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Grieskirchen is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller notgeld is a product of the acute coin shortage that persisted in Austria well after the armistice — small denomination metal currency had been hoarded, melted, or simply never reminted in sufficient quantity. Municipal and commercial authorities were left to fill the gap themselves. The Grieskirchner Druckerei printing its own town's emergency scrip is about as local as paper money gets.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR0288IIIa places this within a documented series for the commune, suggesting at least two or three face-value variants were issued simultaneously.