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10 Heller Loosdorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Loosdorf (Market Town of Loosdorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | E. Prienel, Steyr |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN HELLER Die Gemeinde Loosdorf haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen der Finanzreferent der Bürgermeister Marktgemeinde Loosdorf Giltig bis 31. Dez. 1920 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black on plain cream paper within a decorative rectangular border of interlaced vine and leaf motifs. The upper portion carries a heading in ornate Gothic (Fraktur) script reading 'Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Loosdorf' followed by the denomination 'Zehn Heller' in large display Fraktur. Below, a text block in smaller Fraktur script sets out the terms of issue, noting that the notes are issued to alleviate the small-change shortage, are non-interest-bearing, accepted by the Gemeinde Loosdorf until 31 December 1920, and redeemable in legal tender between 15 and 31 December 1920. A final line in smaller type reads 'Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft.' |
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Loosdorf is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austria between roughly 1919 and 1922 — a period when small coin had effectively vanished from daily commerce, hoarded or melted, leaving municipalities to paper over the gap themselves. Thousands of towns issued their own emergency currency during this period, but most used Vienna printers. E. Prienel was a Steyr-based operation, which makes this note regionally distinct within an already fragmented issue.