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| Issuer | Municipalities of Gutau, Erdmannsdorf, and Hundsdorf |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is divided into three vertical panels within a decorative outer border of interlocking scrollwork. The left and right panels each bear the large numeral '10' above the denomination 'HELLER' in bold block lettering, while the central panel contains a letterpress vignette of a Baroque manor house or castle with a prominent tower, framed by tall trees. Below the three panels, a three-line German text inscription states the issuing authority and redeemability terms, dated Gutau, April/May 1920. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 HELLER Die Gemeinden Gutau, Erdmannsdorf, Hundsdorf, geben Gutscheine im Betrage von 30.000 K aus. G.R.B.v. 11/4.1920. Diese Gutscheine werden bis zum 31/12.1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde eingelöst. Gutau, 1/vi. 1920 |
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Austrian Notgeld from the immediate postwar period, when the collapse of the Habsburg currency system left rural municipalities scrambling to produce their own fractional emergency money. Gutau, Hundsdorf, and Erdmannsdorf — three small Upper Austrian communities — issued this note jointly, an arrangement that was administratively unusual even by Notgeld standards, where single-village issues were the norm.
The Heller itself was abolished in 1925 when Austria redenominated, rendering all such notes worthless for exchange almost immediately after their brief circulation window closed.