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10 Heller Hausmening
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hausmening (Municipality of Hausmening) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN 10 HELLER NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING GILTIG BIS 31.DEZ.1920 NACHAHMUNG wird gesetzl. bestraft DER BÜRGERMEISTER DER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER DER GEMEINDEFERAT Entwurf: Robert Schönbrunner Druck von F. Nielar, Amstetten |
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| 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.