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10 Heller Lilienfeld
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld (Market Town of Lilienfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is enclosed within an ornate floral and foliate border typical of Austrian Notgeld design. At the upper portion, the denomination numeral '10' appears in oval guilloche cartouches at each corner, flanked by the inscription 'HELLER' and the word 'ZEHN' in bold lettering, with a central circular town seal bearing the name 'LILIENFELD'. The central vignette presents a monochrome view of Lilienfeld Abbey set against a forested mountain backdrop, signed 'Ing. E. Schmidt' at lower right. Below the vignette, a two-line guarantee text reads 'Die Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld haftet für die Einlösung im gesetzlichen Bargelde bis 31. Dezember 1920', followed by three manuscript signatures above the titles 'Der Vizebürgermeister', 'Der Bürgermeister', and 'Der Gemeinderat'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream-white paper without ornamental borders, carrying a block of explanatory text in German. The heading 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld' is set in bold serif type, followed by a formal legal paragraph citing the council resolution of 30 April 1920, specifying that vouchers issued up to a total value of 30,000 Kronen would be redeemed from a dedicated reserve fund in legal tender between 20 and 31 December 1920, with provision for public announcement of any extension. |
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Austrian Notgeld from the early 1920s occupies a peculiar corner of paper money history. Following the collapse of the Habsburg economy and the acute coin shortages of the immediate postwar years, thousands of Austrian municipalities issued their own emergency small-denomination notes — Lilienfeld among them. These were legal stopgap measures, not rebellious local currency, authorized under federal provisions that briefly allowed market towns to fill the vacuum left by vanishing metal coinage.
The engraver credit to Ing. E. Schmidt is atypical for Notgeld of this class; most municipal issues were produced by regional commercial printers with no named artist. Whether Schmidt designed, engraved, or merely oversaw production is not recorded in standard references.