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10 Heller Innsbruck
| Issuer | Notgeld-Sammlerbund Innsbruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown, salmon, and green tones on a buff ground, framed by a ruled border. To the left, an oval vignette within a decorative wreath presents a romanticised view of the Castel Firmiano (Salurn) perched on rocky crags, captioned SALURN below; the monogram H appears at lower left. To the right, the denomination 10 Hl. is set in large Gothic script at upper right, beneath which a four-line redemption text in German script advises that the Notgeld-Sammlerbund is liable for redemption between 15 and 31 December 1920, dated Innsbruck, am 1. Juni 20, followed by three manuscript signatures with the roles SÄCKELWART, OBM. STELLV., and OBMANN. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Hl. Der Notgeld-Sammlerbund haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Dez. 1920. Innsbruck, am 1. Juni 20. SÄCKELWART: OBM. STELLV.: OBMANN. SALURN |
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Austrian Notgeld of the early 1920s occupies a peculiar category: much of it was printed explicitly for collectors, not to relieve a genuine currency shortage. The Notgeld-Sammlerbund Innsbruck — a collectors' association, not a municipal authority — issued this note as a deliberate philatelic object. Wagner was a well-established Innsbruck printing house active through this period, so the production quality tends to be consistent across the series.
That the issuer was itself a numismatic organization makes the "emergency currency" framing largely fictional from the outset.