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10 Heller Imbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Imbach (Municipality of Imbach) |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0404IIb-10 |
| Obverse description | The left half of the note carries a letterpress vignette of a Gothic church with a tall spire set among trees, rendered in red on cream paper. The right panel bears the issuer's title in blackletter script across three lines, followed by the locality designation 'im Kremstal.' in smaller type. The denomination '10 Heller 10' is printed in large numerals at the foot of the right panel, with the word 'Heller' in blackletter between the two numeral groups. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gemeinsinn und Tatkraft Die Not aus der Welt schafft. Wir hoffen und bauen Auf Euer Vertrauen! Ernst Otto Karl. Kassenschein der Gemeinde Imbach im Kremstal über 10 Heller. Diese Gutscheine sind unverzinslich. Die Gemeinde Imbach im Kremstale haftet mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 30. November 1920 in Zahlung zu nehmen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 30. November 1920 gegen persönliche Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Vize-Bürgermeister: Bürgermeister: Gemeinderat: |
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Imbach is a tiny village in Lower Austria — a handful of houses in the Krems valley — and its decision to issue Heller notgeld during the First World War places it among the smallest communities in Austria-Hungary to have done so. These municipal emergency issues emerged from a coin shortage that became acute by 1916, when the hoarding of metal currency stripped small denominations from everyday commerce almost entirely. Parishes, market towns, and villages were left to improvise their own fractional paper.
The JPR0404 series from Imbach is catalogued in multiple denomination variants. The "IIb" subtype designation typically reflects a second printing with minor typographic or color differences from the first — worth distinguishing for a complete run of this issuer.