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10 Heller Sankt Veit im Pongau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sankt Veit im Pongau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark ink on cream paper in a woodcut-style letterpress design typical of Austrian Notgeld issues. The large numeral '10' appears at upper left and upper right flanking the denomination 'HELLER' in bold gothic lettering across the top. A central vignette illustrates a stone archway or chapel entrance with the legend 'Hier beteten die Protestanten vor ihrer Vertreibung aus Salzburg i.J. 1732,' referencing the expulsion of Salzburg Protestants; the surrounding text panels carry the redemption clause and the issuing authority inscription with date 1 August 1920. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 HELLER 10 Für die Einlösung dieses Gutscheines in gesetzlichem Bargelde innerhalb der bestimmten Frist haftet diese Marktgemeinde St. Veit i. Pongau am 1. August 1920. Hier beteten die Protestanten vor ihrer Vertreibung aus Salzburg i.J. 1732 St. Veit i. Pongau des Bürgermeisters Irnbacher |
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Sankt Veit im Pongau is a market town in the Salzburg uplands, and this 10 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Thousands of Austrian towns and communes printed their own small-denomination emergency paper, typically in tiny runs, locally designed and often poorly printed.
The Heller itself was already obsolete within a few years; Austria's post-war inflation made the entire Notgeld series worthless well before most of it could circulate seriously.