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10 Heller Losenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Losenstein (Municipality of Losenstein) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper with a scalloped outer border and scrollwork ornaments in the corners. A central oval vignette, framed by a dotted border, presents a letterpress illustration of a rustic building with trees — likely a local landmark of Losenstein. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large type at left and right of the vignette, with the issuer name 'Losenstein' in decorative script at upper right and the redemption notice split across the lower left and lower right margins. |
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| Signature(s) | Jos. Schörkhuber (Bürgermeister) |
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Losenstein is a small market town on the Enns River in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld emergency currency wave that swept Austria during and after the First World War. Municipal governments across the country — even tiny ones — were authorized to issue small-denomination paper because coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted down under wartime conditions. Steyr-based printer E. Priebel handled a number of these local commissions in the region.
Bürgermeister Josef Schörkhuber's signature gives the note its legal standing — such pieces were redeemable only locally and within a defined time window.