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10 Heller Meggenhofen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Meggenhofen (Municipality of Meggenhofen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 70 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Sonder-Ausgabe 250 Stück! 10 Zehn Heller Gemeinde Meggenhofen, Ob.-Öst. Der Bürgermeister: Hattinger m. p. |
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| Reverse lettering | Endtermin 10. Oktober 1920 Heller 10 Heller Nachahmung wird bestraft! |
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Meggenhofen is a small Upper Austrian village, and this 10 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued across Austria and Germany following the acute coin shortage that developed during and immediately after the First World War. By 1920, Austrian municipalities of almost any size had authorization to issue these emergency pfennig-denomination notes, and thousands did — producing material that ranges from crudely printed slips to elaborately designed miniatures. Meggenhofen's example sits firmly at the modest end of that spectrum.
The single signature, Hattinger, almost certainly belongs to the Bürgermeister at the time of issue.