Catalog
10 Heller Selztal
| Issuer | Gemeinde Selztal (Municipality of Selztal) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on tan paper within an ornate typographic border of scrollwork and foliate corner motifs. At the top, the legend 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Selztal' arches across the upper panel, with 'Steiermark' inscribed below; the denomination 'ZEHN HELLER' appears in bold Gothic lettering flanking a central dark oval cartouche bearing the numeral '10'. Below, a three-line guarantee text in German script is followed by three manuscript signatures over the printed titles of the Bürgermeister and two Vizebürgermeister. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Selztal Steiermark ZEHN HELLER 10 Die Gemeinde Selztal haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem gesamten Gemeindevermögen. Die Einlösung erfolgt vier Wochen nach Bekanntgabe. Nachahmung strafbar I. Vizebürgermeister Bürgermeister II. Vizebürgermeister |
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Selztal is a small railway junction village in Styria — its economic life organized almost entirely around the train depot. This 10 Heller note is a piece of wartime Notgeld, almost certainly issued between 1914 and 1921 when metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation across Austria and hundreds of municipalities, market towns, and even individual businesses were forced to print their own small-denomination paper to keep local commerce moving.
Emil Phesel operated a modest printing concern in Steyr, Upper Austria, and handled Notgeld commissions for several small communities in the region. Nothing about this issue is rare by design — survival depends entirely on whether local collectors bothered to save them.