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10 Heller St. Georgen im Attergau
| Issuer | Markt-Kommune Sankt Georgen im Attergau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red-orange on white paper, the obverse carries a dense letterpress text block at centre, set within an ornate decorative border with floral and foliate corner vignettes. The text body records the authorisation by the Markt-Kommune St. Georgen im Attergau pursuant to a council resolution of 6 June 1920 for the issuance of 25,000 Kronen in small-denomination notgeld. The lower margin bears a redemption clause and the facsimile signature of the Vorstand. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in the same red-orange tone, presents a central rectangular vignette illustrating a lakeside fishing scene with three figures hauling a net on a shoreline, mountains visible in the background, executed in a fine engraved style. The denomination numeral '10' appears in bold within circular cartouches at left and right of the vignette. Surrounding inscriptions identify the issuing authority and locality, framed by a simple ruled border. |
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Sankt Georgen im Attergau is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921 when post-war coin shortages left small transactions nearly impossible. Municipalities across Austria printed their own emergency fractional currency, often in limited runs, with redemption theoretically guaranteed by local funds that frequently didn't exist in any meaningful quantity.
Small-town Notgeld from the Attergau region was rarely preserved in quantity — most circulated hard until the stabilization period rendered it worthless.