Catalog
10 Heller Obritzberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Obritzberg (Municipality of Obritzberg) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Obritzberg N.Ö. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. 10 Heller Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Bürgermeister: |
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| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Obritzberg, N.=Oe. 10 Heller Sommer, St Pölten |
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Obritzberg is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities during and after World War One, when small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely due to hoarding and metal requisitioning. Thousands of Gemeinden across Austria issued their own emergency scrip, most printed by regional firms — Sommer in St. Pölten being a typical provincial contractor for this area.
The Jaksch/Pick JPR series catalogues these Austrian local issues systematically, though surviving examples from tiny communities like Obritzberg remain genuinely scarce simply because print runs were small and redemption was expected to be total.