Catalog
10 Heller Imst
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Imst |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note printed as a double 5 Heller Kassenschein on a single sheet, intended to circulate as a 10 Heller unit. Each half bears the Tyrolean eagle coat of arms at left and the quartered municipal arms of Imst at right, flanking a central vertical strip with the inscription ZWEIMAL FÜNF IST 10 HELLER. The denomination numeral 5 and letter H appear in bold type within each half, above a four-line redemption text in German. The edition designation 1. AUFLAGE and the printer's imprint appear along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN FÜNF HELLER 5 H ZWEIMAL FÜNF IST 10 HELLER STADTGEMEINDE IMST |
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Imst is a market town in Tyrol, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. These Notgeld issues were a local stopgap — authorized by the town, printed in small runs, and intended to circulate only within the immediate community until the national coinage situation stabilized. The Deutsche Buchdruckerei in Innsbruck handled a significant volume of Tyrolean municipal issues during this period, which gives the series a certain regional coherence.
The 10 Heller denomination sits at the low end of practical utility, replaced quickly once federal coinage returned.