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10 Heller Rattenberg
| Issuer | Stadt Rattenberg (City of Rattenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0821II-10 |
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| Reverse description | The right panel of the bifold sheet serves as the reverse, centred by a large circular impression of the municipal seal of Rattenberg rendered in red, with Gothic lettering around the circumference and a figurative device at centre. The denomination '5 Heller 5' in Gothic script appears at the top, and the issuer inscription 'Stadt Rattenberg in Tirol.' is set in bold Gothic type at the lower portion. The printer's imprint 'WAGNER INNSBRUCK' runs vertically along the inner spine edge, and a decorative twisted red-and-white cord vignette is visible at the upper right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 Heller 5 Stadt Rattenberg in Tirol. WAGNER INNSBRUCK zweimal fünf ist zehn 10h |
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Rattenberg, on the Inn River in Tyrol, holds the distinction of being Austria's smallest town by area — a fact that makes its role as a currency issuer during the Notgeld period quietly absurd. This 10 Heller note was produced as part of the broader Austrian municipal emergency currency wave following the economic collapse after 1918, when the new republic's monetary system could not reliably supply small denomination coinage to remote communities.
Wagner of Innsbruck handled a substantial volume of Tyrolean Notgeld printing during this period. The Jaksc catalogue reference JPR0821II-10 places this within a second series, suggesting Rattenberg issued at least two distinct runs.