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10 Heller Ried im Innkreis
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Ried im Innkreis |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Zehn Heller 10 Zehn Heller Gutschein Stadtgemeinde Ried i. Innkreis |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Stadtgemeinde Ried löst diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld ein. Gültigkeitstermin: 31. Dezember 1920. Nachahmung ist verboten. 10 10 Laut Gemeindeausschußbeschluß vom 11. Jänner 1920 gibt die Stadtgemeinde Ried diese Gutscheine aus. Bürgerm.: Hans Leitgeb. |
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Ried im Innkreis is the administrative capital of the Innviertel district in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller notgeld dates to the prolonged small-change famine that gripped Austria well into the early 1920s. The metal coin shortage had begun during the war but persisted long after the armistice — hoarding, metal requisitions, and monetary chaos left ordinary commercial transactions effectively impossible without municipal paper substitutes. The Stadtgemeinde stepped in as hundreds of Austrian towns did, issuing low-denomination emergency notes under local authority rather than waiting for central relief.
Hans Leitgeb's signature appears as the authorizing official. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0834IIa designates this as one of at least two recognized varieties in the series.