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10 Heller Neustadtl an der Donau, Nabegg, Judenhof, Windpassing, Klein Wolfstein
| Issuer | Municipalities of Neustadtl an der Donau, Nabegg, Judenhof, Windpassing, and Klein Wolfstein |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on cream paper, with a radiating sunburst underprint silhouetting a church steeple visible at the top center. A rectangular green panel bears the denomination 10 in large numerals flanking the word Gutschein above the word Heller in bold calligraphic script, followed by three lines of text affirming the joint liability of the five municipalities and the establishment of a cover reserve. The validity date is repeated at the foot of the panel, with the designer and printer credits in small script at lower left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 Gutschein 10 Heller Die 5 Gemeinden haften gemeinsam und haben eine Bedeckungsrücklage bestellt. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. Entwurf: Steß Retned. Druck von F. Kletar Amstetten. |
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This note is a product of the Notgeld phenomenon that gripped rural Austria after the First World War — a genuine shortage of small-denomination coinage forced hundreds of municipalities to print their own emergency scrip. What makes this example unusual is the joint issuance: five separate administrative communities collectively authorizing a single note, each represented by its own signatory. Five signatures for a 10 Heller piece printed by a local Amstetten jobber is not something you encounter often.
F. Kletar was a small regional printer, not a security press. Durability was never the point — these notes were meant to circulate locally and be redeemed quickly.