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10 Heller Reichental im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Reichental im Mühlkreis |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 15 October 1920 |
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| Reverse description | Cream note with an all-over green guilloche border composed of repeated foliate and trefoil ornaments enclosing a redemption text in Gothic typeface, affirming that the Ortsgemeinde Reichental im Mühlkreis guarantees the obligation with all its movable and immovable assets, dated 'Reichental, am 22. Mai 1920.' A white panel at lower centre carries the denomination 'Heller 10 Heller' in large green serif lettering, with a counterfeit warning in small Gothic script along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Ortsgemeinde Reichental im Mühlkreis haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Reichental, am 22. Mai 1920. Heller 10 Heller Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Reichental im Mühlkreis is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller Notgeld was issued during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. Local communities across Austria were authorized to produce their own emergency small-denomination notes to substitute for hoarded or simply absent coinage — by 1920 several thousand such issues existed, ranging from crude rubber-stamped slips to elaborately printed collectibles.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0827Ia places this firmly within the documented Upper Austrian series. The "Ia" suffix typically denotes a first printing variant within that municipality's issue.