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10 Heller Pierbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pierbach (Municipality of Pierbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple on cream paper, the obverse carries the large denomination title 'ZEHN HELLER' across the upper portion within a decorative hand-lettered frame, with the numeral '10' repeated in stylised cartouches at left and right. Below, the issuer inscription 'GEMEINDE PIERBACH' is followed by a multi-line text block stating the municipality's guarantee of redemption up to 50,000 Kronen, flanked by symmetrical floral and berry vine vignettes in an Art Nouveau style. A facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister appears at lower centre, with a rectangular panel below bearing the redemption date inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN HELLER GEMEINDE PIERBACH DIE GEMEINDE PIERBACH GIBT GUTSCHEINE BIS ZU EINEM BETRAGE V. 50.000 K AUS UND HAFTET FÜR DIE RICHTIGE EINLÖSUNG IN GESETZL. BARGELDE DER BÜRGERMEISTER Die Scheine werden bis 31. Juli 1921 eingelöst PIERBACH IM JULI 1920 |
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Pierbach is a small agricultural commune in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel region, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it issued Notgeld during the severe coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. The 10 Heller denomination sits at the lower end of what most communes bothered to print — smaller than a cup of coffee, essentially token money intended to keep local commerce moving when metal coinage had effectively vanished from everyday transactions.
The Jaksch reference suffix .2 indicates a second type or print variant within the JPR0749-10 series, suggesting Pierbach ran at least two distinct issues at this denomination.