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10 Heller Oed
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oed (Market Municipality of Oed) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on cream paper, the obverse carries a decorative geometric border composed of repeating dot-and-diamond guilloche elements enclosing the text field. The denomination numeral '10' appears in the upper left and upper right corners within squared cartouches, while the central inscription 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE OED' is set in bold Art Nouveau letterpress. Below, a redemption clause in smaller roman type is followed by the facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and two municipal officials. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE: OED. Zehn 10 Heller ES SCHREITET DURCH DAS DEUTSCHE LAND DIE NOT · DRUM SEGNE UNS O HERR DAS TÄGLICHE BROT. Entwurf: Oskar Reitinger – Druck von F. Kiefer Amstetten. |
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Oed is a small market municipality in Lower Austria, and this note is a piece of Notgeld — emergency small-change currency issued by Austrian towns during the chronic coin shortage that gripped the country from roughly 1916 onward. F. Kiefer was a printer based in the nearby district town of Amstetten, the logical choice for a municipality with no budget for distant specialist printers. Reitinger's involvement as designer is the one detail that lifts this above purely functional municipal printing.
Three signatories authenticated each note: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a single Gemeinderat — the minimum credible quorum for a transaction of civic authority, however modest the denomination.