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10 Heller Ottenschlag
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ottenschlag (Municipality of Ottenschlag) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress Notgeld voucher on plain paper, dated 1920 at top and bottom within a decorative border of oak leaves and geometric ornaments. At left, an oval vignette shows a tower and church building of Ottenschlag, accompanied by a circular municipality stamp; the denomination '10' appears in a framed cartouche at upper left and in a circular device at upper right alongside the municipal coat of arms on a shield. The guarantee text and facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister 'Geo. Eduardorfer' appear in the central field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Ottenschlag N. Oe. über Zehn Heller Die Marktgemeinde Ottenschlag haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: 1920 Giltig bis 1. Mai 1921 |
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Ottenschlag is a small market town in the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria. This 10 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced during Austria's severe coin shortage following the collapse of the Habsburg economy after 1918. Hundreds of Austrian municipalities printed their own small-denomination notes during this period, and most were redeemed and destroyed within a year or two of issue, making survivors genuinely scarce despite large original print runs.
The Jaksch reference sequence for this issuer lists multiple denominations; the "a" suffix here indicates the first known variety.