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10 Heller Hörsching
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hörsching (Municipality of Hörsching) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Red-orange guilloche underprint covers the entire field within a dark rectangular border. To the left, the denomination numeral '10' appears in Gothic script above the word 'Heller', flanked by an ornate tree or torch-like vignette in the centre. To the right, a framed engraved townscape of Hörsching with a church tower is set within the composition, signed by the artist 'Hans Reiter' in the lower margin. The issuer inscription in Gothic lettering runs across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Pink-salmon guilloche underprint fills the field within a dark rectangular border. At centre, a framed engraved vignette presents a view of the Schloß Neurad dated 1679, surmounted by an inscription in period Gothic lettering. Flanking the central vignette on both sides are oval wreath cartouches enclosing the numeral '10'. The lower portion carries the municipal liability text in German Gothic script, followed by three handwritten signatures over printed role designations. |
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Hörsching is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized communities, it issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — during the postwar period when metal coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. The 10 Heller denomination was among the most common face values produced in this wave of local scrip, which flooded Austria between roughly 1919 and 1921 before the federal government finally moved to stabilize the coinage supply.
The Jaksc catalog reference confirms this as part of the documented Upper Austrian municipal series, but Hörsching's issues attracted little collector attention compared to larger towns that commissioned artistically ambitious designs.