Catalog
10 Heller Gutenbrunn
| Issuer | Gemeinde Gutenbrunn (Municipality of Gutenbrunn) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper with an overall lozenge-pattern underprint in light brown. To the left, a woodcut-style vignette of a village church is set beneath a large decorative numeral '10' on a ribbon scroll inscribed 'Heller'. To the right, the issuer's name and denomination are rendered in ornate Gothic script, with three lines of smaller text affirming the municipality's legal redemption obligation and coverage reserve. The Bürgermeister's facsimile signature appears at lower right, above a lower scroll banner reading 'giltig bis 1. Mai 1921'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Gutenbrunn N.Oe. Gutschein über Zehn Heller. Die Gemeinde Gutenbrunn haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen und hat hiefür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Der Bürgermeister: giltig bis 1. Mai 1921 |
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Gutenbrunn is a small village in Lower Austria, and its Heller notes belong to the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between roughly 1916 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the Austro-Hungarian empire's metal coinage disappearing from circulation as copper and nickel were requisitioned for the war effort. Gemeinde issues like this one were legally tolerated stopgaps, printed in tiny quantities for purely local use and rarely traveling far beyond the issuing parish.
The Jaksch/Pick JPR0315 series covers Gutenbrunn's full set of denominations. Surviving examples frequently show heavy handling — these were working notes, not collector pieces at issue.