Catalog
10 Heller Krieglach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Krieglach (Municipality of Krieglach) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple on grey paper, the reverse carries two oval landscape vignettes set into an intricate guilloche-style border of concentric spirals and scrollwork: the upper vignette shows a rustic alpine farmhouse captioned "Krieglach Alpl. Rosegger's Geburtshaus" and the lower vignette presents a larger building in a forested setting captioned "Waldheimat Waldschule in Alpl." The large numeral "10" appears at centre left and right, while a central text panel states the redemption conditions, carries facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and two Vicebürgermeister, and includes the counterfeiting warning "Die Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft." |
| Reverse lettering | Heller Krieglach Alpl. Rosegger's Geburtshaus 10 Die Gemeinde Krieglach löst diesen Gutschein bis 31. Oktober 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde ein. Der Bürgermeister: Die Vicebürgermeister: Die Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft. Waldheimat Waldschule in Alpl. |
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Krieglach, a small market town in the Styrian Mürztal, issued Heller Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria from around 1916 onward. Municipal scrip of this type was technically tolerated rather than formally authorized — the central authorities in Vienna disliked it but lacked the capacity to suppress thousands of local issues simultaneously. Krieglach is best known as the birthplace of Peter Rosegger, and some Styrian Notgeld issues leaned on that association for design cachet, though whether this particular note does so is a separate question.
The JPR catalog suffix "d" indicates a distinct variety within the 10 Heller denomination — likely a color or paper variant.