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10 Heller Hallein
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Hallein |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in brown and red on cream paper, with a triptych architectural vignette of three arched alcoves supported by decorative columns with stylised capitals. The denomination '10 HELLER' appears in red within the left and right arches, while the central arch bears the validity text in Gothic script. Below the arcade, the issuing authority 'STADTGEMEINDE HALLEIN' is inscribed in bold lettering, flanked by the titles 'VIZE-BÜRGERMEISTER' on each side above three manuscript signatures, with the printer's imprint 'DRUCK R KIESEL SALZBURG' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | FÜR ZEHNHELLER GILTIG 16.6.1920 WIRD I. DER ZEIT VOM 1. BIS 31.12. 1920 EINGELÖST STADTGEMEINDE HALLEIN DER BÜRGERMEISTER VIZE-BÜRGERMEISTER DRUCK R KIESEL SALZBURG |
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Hallein's 10 Heller Notgeld belongs to the enormous wave of small-denomination emergency money issued by Austrian municipalities after the First World War, when coin shortages made everyday transactions nearly impossible. Stadtgemeinde Hallein — a small salt-mining town south of Salzburg — arranged printing locally through R. Kiesel rather than using any centralized scheme, which accounts for the distinctly regional character of the issue.
The JPR0344 series is catalogued under Jaksc, the standard Austrian Notgeld reference. The IIa designation within that series indicates a specific paper or printing variant, a distinction that matters to specialists working through what can be a confusingly tangled family of near-identical local issues from the same period.