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10 Heller Rosenburg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rosenburg (Municipality of Rosenburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The left panel carries a finely executed letterpress vignette of Rosenburg Castle perched atop a wooded hillside above a river, rendered in a detailed pen-and-ink style within a dashed border. The right panel, set against a light wavy-line guilloche underprint, bears the denomination numeral '10' flanked by 'Heller' at the top, with the issuing legend 'Gutschein der Sommerfrische Rosenburg' in bold Gothic blackletter script, followed by the redemption guarantee text, the date 'Rosenburg, am 24. Mai 1920', and the facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister. |
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| Reverse description | The plain white reverse is enclosed within a thin rectangular border, with the denomination numeral '10' in boxed cartouches at upper left and upper right. A central text panel framed by double horizontal rules carries the redemption conditions in Gothic blackletter script, specifying exchange at the municipal office between 1 and 15 October 1920. A separate boxed legend at the foot warns against counterfeiting, with the printer's imprint 'F. Berger, Horn' below the outer border. |
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Rosenburg is a small settlement on the Kamp river in Lower Austria, best known for its hilltop Renaissance castle. This 10 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal currency printed during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. F. Berger of Horn was a regional printer who handled a number of these small-denomination Kamp valley issues, keeping production local and costs minimal.
The Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister signatures authenticate the note as a municipal obligation, legally binding on the commune rather than on any banking institution.