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10 Heller Stein an der Donau
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Stein an der Donau (Municipality of Stein an der Donau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Violet letterpress Notgeld on cream paper, divided into three vertical panels. The central vignette presents a townscape of Stein an der Donau with a twin-towered baroque church and riverfront buildings. Denomination numeral '10' appears in each corner; the municipal eagle arms are at the bottom centre flanked by the legend 'HELLER'. Guarantee text and two manuscript signatures with date '9 April 1920' occupy the left and right panels. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde / DIE GEMEINDE STEIN HAFTET FÜR DIESE VERBINDLICHKEIT MIT STEIN A.D. BÜRGM. / IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN U. UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN / V. BÜRG.M. / 6. GEM.RAT / HELLER / Stadt Stein a. d. D. |
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Stein an der Donau is a small town on the south bank of the Danube in Lower Austria, administratively merged with Krems in 1938. This note was issued as Notgeld — emergency municipal scrip — during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's post-war economic collapse. Thousands of Austrian municipalities printed their own small-denomination paper in this period, and the market for decorative Notgeld had become almost self-sustaining by 1920, with collectors actively seeking out series.
J. Faber in Krems was the logical choice for a municipality this size — a local job printer, not a security specialist.