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10 Heller Vichtenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Vichtenstein (Municipality of Vichtenstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR1108b-10 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde 10 HELLER Vichtenstein. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Vichtenstein gibt laut Beschluss vom 13. Juni 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 50000 Kr aus, und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Gutschein bis 31. Dec. 1920 bei der Gemeindekassa in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Druck V. Langhammer, Linz |
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Vichtenstein is a village of a few hundred souls perched above the Danube gorge on the Austrian-Bavarian border — an improbable issuer of emergency currency, which is precisely what makes this Heller note worth noting. Austrian municipal Notgeld of this period was frequently treated as a collectible from the moment of issue, with many small communities printing deliberately attractive series to sell to collectors and offset the cost of production. Whether Vichtenstein's issue falls into that category or served genuine small-change needs in 1920 is an open question.
Langhammer's Linz press handled numerous Upper Austrian municipal issues in this period. L. Haase's design credit is uncommon enough in the Notgeld corpus that it adds a minor attribution point of interest.