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10 Heller Heiligenberg
| Issuer | Municipality of Heiligenberg (Gemeinde Heiligenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in dark red on buff paper, the obverse presents an Art Nouveau architectural border of stylised columns with scrolled bases, surmounted by a decorative frieze of triangular and arched motifs along the upper register. The large denomination numeral '10' appears at the top centre against a horizontally line-shaded ground. The central text panel carries the issuer inscription in black Gothic typeface, with 'Heiligenberg' in the largest characters and 'Ober-Österr.' below, all contained within a dotted rectangular inner frame. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown on tan paper, the reverse bears a central oval vignette at the top enclosing the large denomination numeral '10' above the word 'Heller', surrounded by scrollwork and flanked by Art Nouveau foliage motifs at the corners. A block of justified Gothic-script text below sets out the municipal guarantee obligation dated 4 May 1920, followed by the mayor's facsimile signature under the title 'Der Bürgermeister:', with an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot and the printer's imprint in small capitals along the lower margin. |
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Heiligenberg is a small commune in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the acute small-change famine that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The municipal Notgeld issues of 1920 filled a gap the central authorities simply could not. Karl Lanz in Eferding — a modest regional printer — handled several of these local emergency issues, keeping production close to the communities that needed the notes most urgently.
Watzenböck's mayoral signature gives the note its legal authority under municipal emergency powers. Jaksch/Pick JPR0361Ia-10.