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10 Heller Marchegg
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Marchegg (City of Marchegg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a large circular red seal at left, bearing a heraldic eagle vignette and the Gothic legend 'Marchegg Sigillum Universitorum' with the date 1408. To the right, the denomination 'Zehn Heller' is set in bold Gothic blackletter script above the issuing authority text. Numerals '10' appear in large circles at lower left and right, flanking three facsimile signatures below the date 'Marchegg am 1. Mai 1920.' |
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| Reverse lettering | Infolge Kleingeldnot gibt die Stadt Marchegg bis zu 30.000 Kronen unverzinsliche Kassenscheine zu 10, 20 und 50 Heller aus, welche sie bis 3. Oktober 1920 in Zahlung nimmt und im Monate Oktober 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einlöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Kassenscheines wird bestraft! DRUCK V. FRANZ SCHWENG, GÄNSERNDORF. |
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Marchegg is a small border town in Lower Austria, sitting directly on the March river opposite Slovakia — a position that gave it strategic importance during the turbulent years following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. This Heller notgeld was issued in 1920, when chronic coin shortages across rump Austria forced hundreds of municipalities to print their own emergency small change. The town had neither the resources nor the need for elaborate collector-grade artwork; this is purely functional notgeld.
Franz Schweng in Gänserndorf — the nearest district capital, roughly 10 kilometers west — was the obvious choice for a job this modest.