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10 Heller Lohnsburg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lohnsburg (Municipality of Lohnsburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Lohnsburg über 10 Heller Die Gemeinde Lohnsburg haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein im gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen und hat hierfür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. Gültig bis 31. Dez. 1920. Der Bürgermeister-Stellvertreter. Der Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 10 Die Gemeinde Lohnsburg gibt Gutscheine bis zum Gesamtbetrage von 20.000 Kr aus. (GAB. v. 18/4. 1920.) Diese Gutscheine werden bis 31/12. 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde eingelöst. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine practical crisis: the postwar collapse of small-denomination coinage left rural municipalities unable to conduct ordinary commerce. Lohnsburg, a small Upper Austrian farming community, issued its own emergency paper fractional currency — as hundreds of similar municipalities did between 1919 and 1922 — to fill that gap. The 10 Heller denomination targets the smallest everyday transactions.
The Jaksch reference places this squarely within the documented Upper Austrian series. Collector demand for Austrian Notgeld has long outpaced supply of the rarer village issues, and Lohnsburg examples surface infrequently.