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10 Heller Krieglach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Krieglach (Municipality of Krieglach) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and red on grey paper, the obverse centres on an oval portrait vignette of the Styrian writer Peter Rosegger enclosed within an ornate wreath of edelweiss blossoms, flanked by two smaller oval vignettes of a woman in traditional Styrian folk dress at left and a man in regional costume at right. The entire composition is contained within an intricate lace-like guilloche border with a dotted outer edge. The issuer legend 'Gutschein Gemeind. Krieglach' runs across the top in red Gothic script, with the denomination '10 Zehn Heller 10' along the bottom and the notation 'III. AUFLAGE' (third issue) inscribed in the lower left margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Krieglach Alpl, Rosegger's Geburtshaus Heller 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 is a small market town in Styria, Austria, and like hundreds of other Austrian municipalities it issued its own emergency small-change notes — Notgeld — during and after the First World War, when coins vanished from circulation almost immediately after hostilities began. The federal government was slow to address the coin shortage, so local authorities stepped in. Most of these municipal issues were produced in tiny print runs, distributed through local shops and offices, and redeemed within the issuing commune — which means surviving examples were often saved by collectors rather than worn down through use.
Krieglach has a minor literary footnote: it is the birthplace of Peter Rosegger, the Styrian poet and novelist whose face later appeared on the Austrian 50-Schilling note.