Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Heller Scharten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Scharten (Municipality of Scharten) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | SCHARTEN 10 HELLER |
| Reverse description | Plain buff paper printed throughout in black Fraktur typeface, carrying the full redemption text within a lightly tinted rectangular panel. The mayor's printed signature appears below the text block, with an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. The printer's imprint 'Langhammer, Linz' is placed in the lower left corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Scharten is a small rural commune in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the severe coin shortage following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Local authorities were legally permitted to issue small-denomination emergency paper, and hundreds of communes did exactly that, most contracting regional printers to keep costs down.
Langhammer of Linz handled production for a number of Upper Austrian Notgeld issues during this period. The single signature of Johann Huemer indicates a simplified authorization structure typical of the smallest issuing bodies, where one municipal official carried full signatory responsibility.