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10 Heller Lengau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lengau (Municipality of Lengau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided typeset Notgeld printed in red-brown on cream paper, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border with small ornamental devices at each corner. The denomination '10' appears in large numerals at left and right flanking the word 'Heller' in Gothic script with small decorative square ornaments, all set on a double rule. Below, a block of Gothic text states the legal basis for issue, citing the municipal council resolution of 13 March 1920, with the municipality's liability pledge. The Mayor's signature line reads 'Der Bürgermeister: Schindecker.' A further line at the base warns that the expiry date will be publicly announced and that counterfeiting is a criminal offence. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-face engraved topographical vignette in red-brown, reproducing a historical bird's-eye view of Schloss Fröburg and the surrounding settlement set on a wooded hillside. A heraldic shield appears in the upper left corner, while a scroll banner at the top bears the caption in Gothic script. A compass rose with cardinal-point indicators is placed in the lower right foreground of the vignette. The overall composition is rendered in a period cartographic etching style consistent with Baroque topographical prints. |
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Lengau is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a piece of the hyperinflationary emergency money — Notgeld — that flooded Austria between roughly 1919 and 1922, when coin shortages and currency instability pushed hundreds of towns and villages to print their own provisional small change. The Gemeinde Lengau issue is among the more obscure provincial entries in the Jaksch catalogue, with Schindecker's signature presumably representing a local municipal official rather than any banking authority.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 recorded in this catalog entry almost certainly reflects a modern acquisition or registration date — the note itself dates to 1920.