Catalog
10 Heller Herzogenburg
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain salmon-pink field enclosed by a double border of repeating S-scroll ornaments in black, with an inner plain rule frame. The centre carries a four-line German verse in Gothic script, attributed beneath to "Wilh. Jensen." The overall design is typographic, without vignettes or underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Wer etwas allen vorbedacht, Wird jahrelang erst ausgelacht, Begreift man die Entdeckung endlich So nennt sie jeder: Selbstverständlich. Wilh. Jensen. |
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Herzogenburg is a small market town in Lower Austria, and its notgeld issues — including this 10 Heller — were products of the town's own print shop rather than any banking institution. The Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg printed and issued its own emergency currency, which was entirely common practice in Austria during the severe coin shortage of 1920–1921, when even fractional metal coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce.
The Jaksch reference suffix "IIIb" indicates a subvariety within the series, suggesting at least minor typographic or paper distinctions between printings — worth checking against a verified example before cataloging.