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10 Heller Maria-Taferl
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Maria Taferl (Commune of Maria Taferl) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress note with an ornate scrollwork border enclosing the central text field. A vignette at lower left renders a detailed view of the Maria Taferl pilgrimage church and monastery complex, while a column or plague monument appears at lower right. Denomination numerals '10' appear in boxed panels at upper left and upper right, flanking the heading 'Heller' with a guilloche chain ornament, below which the issuer title reads 'Gutschein der Ortsgemeinde Maria Taferl' in Gothic script. The central text states the redemption period from 1 December 1920 to 31 December 1920, with printed signature lines for the Bürgermeister, Kassier, and Vizebürgermeister. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress note with a matching ornate border. A large central oval vignette illustrates the legendary founding scene of the Maria Taferl pilgrimage site, showing a figure nailing a devotional image to a tree in a woodland setting, with a small sacred image visible in the tree. The denomination '10' appears in boxed panels at upper left and upper right. Validity and anti-counterfeiting notices are printed vertically in the left and right margins respectively, and the name 'Maria' appears in Gothic script below the central vignette. The top border carries a devotional inscription in Gothic script. |
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Maria Taferl is a small pilgrimage village above the Danube in Lower Austria, best known for its Baroque basilica. This 10 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency small-change scrip produced when Austria's coinage effectively vanished from circulation in the years following the First World War. Municipalities, businesses, and institutions across the former Habsburg lands filled the void themselves. Printed by E. Prietzel in Steyr, the note carries three local signatories including both the Bürgermeister and his deputy, an unusually formal authorization for a denomination this small.