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10 Heller Offenhausen
| Issuer | Marktkommune Offenhausen (Market Commune of Offenhausen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 1 January 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER MARKT 10 Heller KOMMUNE OFFENHAUSEN Nur Arbeit uns hilft! |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark teal on cream paper, the reverse is typeset in a plain letterpress style within a double-rule rectangular border. The denomination 'ZEHN HELLER' is set in large bold capitals across the top, above a central text panel stating the issuer's liability guarantee and the redemption deadline of 1 January 1921. Numeral '10' appears in each lower corner, and the signature line 'Ant. Poschacher, Marktvorstand' is printed at the foot of the central panel. |
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Offenhausen is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued across German-speaking Austria in 1920 as small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation entirely. The postwar coin shortage was acute enough that hundreds of municipalities — including ones barely large enough to warrant the designation "Marktkommune" — were effectively forced into issuing their own emergency paper. Offenhausen was no exception.
The single signature, Ant. Poschacher, almost certainly represents the commune's Bürgermeister or a designated financial officer rather than any banking authority. No central printing house of note was involved at this level of issue.