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10 Heller Viechtwang
| Issuer | Gemeinde Viechtwang (Municipality of Viechtwang) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld note printed in black on buff paper, with the issuer's name 'Gemeinde Viechtwang' in large Gothic blackletter script across the upper portion. Two vertical ornamental panels flank the central text area, each containing the numeral '10' within a rectangular frame surmounted by a circular rosette vignette. The central body carries the statutory redemption text in German, below which three manuscript signatures appear under their respective titled roles, and the denomination '10 Heller' is set in bold blackletter at the foot, with the anti-counterfeiting legend 'Nachahmung wird bestraft!' beneath. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on buff paper and divided into two zones by a vertical rule. The left zone contains the numeral '10' in a bold rectangular frame above the word 'Heller' in Gothic script within a smaller cartouche. The right zone is dominated by a large oval vignette encircled by the inscription 'Gemeinde Viechtwang' and enclosing a woodcut-style interior scene of a textile worker seated at a loom beside a window, with machinery and rolls of fabric visible, evoking the local weaving industry; the abbreviations 'Ob.' and 'Öst.' appear at the base of the oval. |
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Viechtwang is a village in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly small communities in the immediate postwar period, it issued its own emergency paper fractional currency — Notgeld — to address a catastrophic shortage of small coins. The Austrian state had effectively ceased producing low-denomination coinage by 1918, leaving municipalities to fill the gap themselves. Most of these hyperlocal issues circulated within walking distance of the town hall that printed them.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1109-10.2 indicates this is the second catalogued type for this denomination from Viechtwang, suggesting the municipality produced at least two distinct printings.