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10 Heller Herzogenburg
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed on buff-coloured paper with a geometric diamond-pattern underprint across the entire field, enclosed by a double border of small circular ornaments. The issuer's name appears in Gothic blackletter script at the top, separated by a ruled line from the central text. The denomination numeral '10' is overprinted in bold red, with the words 'Gutschein über' and 'Zehn Heller' rendered in large Gothic blackletter; series and edition designations ('2. Auflage' and 'Serie 3.') appear at the upper left and right respectively. A three-line redemption clause in German Kurrent-style script occupies the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | Genossenschaftliches Lagerhaus |
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Herzogenburg is a small Lower Austrian town best known for its Augustinian monastery, and it was that same ecclesiastical-administrative infrastructure that made localized emergency money practical during the Notgeld crisis of 1914–1921. The Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg — a local print shop, not a security printer — produced this note under wartime necessity, when coin hoarding stripped small denominations from everyday commerce across Austria-Hungary.
Self-printed municipal Notgeld of this type was never intended to circulate beyond the immediate community, and most was redeemed quickly once coin returned. Survivors exist largely because collectors targeted these small-town issues almost immediately.