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10 Heller Persenbeug
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Persenbeug (Market Town of Persenbeug) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on a wavy-line guilloche underprint ground. At centre, the ornate heraldic vignette of Persenbeug is flanked by two putti and surmounted by baroque scrollwork, with the text 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Persenbeug a.D. im Strudengau' arranged around it. To the left, a validity panel inscribed 'gültig bis 31. Dez. 1920' is set within a decorative cartouche framed by a stylised tree, while to the right a smaller panel carries a legal warning; the denominations '10' appear at upper left and upper right, with the words 'Zehn Heller' in gothic script across the top, and facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister appear below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | Persenbeug um 1650 10 HELLER DIE MARKTGEMEINDE PERSENBEUG A/D DONAV HAFTET FÜR DIESE VERBINDLICHKEIT MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN & UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN. |
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Persenbeug is a small market town on the Danube in Lower Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. With the old imperial currency in freefall and coin hoarding rampant, hundreds of small communities issued their own emergency pfennig-denominated scrip simply to keep local commerce moving. Persenbeug was no exception.
The Jaksch reference suffix "IIa" indicates this is a second series variant — Persenbeug issued multiple Heller denominations across at least two distinct printings, a common pattern for towns that underestimated initial demand.