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10 Heller Hausmening
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hausmening (Municipality of Hausmening) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | Monochrome letterpress design in brown on cream paper, with the denomination '10 HELLER' repeated in two flanking circular guilloche medallions at left and right. The central field carries a large oval vignette with the municipal coat of arms of Hausmening, surmounted by a decorative helm and crest, flanked by foliate mantling. The issuing authority heading 'NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING' arches across the top in gothic script, while a two-part redemption clause is set in roman type to either side of the central vignette. The designer credit 'Entwurf: Hans Kozak' appears in small italics at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING 10 HELLER Die Gemeinde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Entwurf: Hans Kozak |
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Hausmening is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld emergency — the wave of locally-issued scrip that swept Austrian municipalities from 1920 onward as chronic small-coin shortages made everyday commerce genuinely unworkable. Gemeinde Hausmening, like hundreds of similar rural communities, commissioned its own printer rather than wait for a central solution that never reliably came.
F. Nielar operated out of nearby Amstetten, which accounts for the regional print run. Robert Schönbrunner's involvement as designer is worth noting — he was associated with the Albertina in Vienna, lending these village issues a level of graphic ambition that their denominations don't suggest.