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10 Heller Vöcklamarkt
| Issuer | Gemeinde Vöcklamarkt (Municipality of Vöcklamarkt) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in violet on cream paper, bears a lengthy text block in Gothic blackletter script stating the legal terms of issue, affirming that the Municipality of Vöcklamarkt in Upper Austria, by resolution of 14 May 1920, issued vouchers totalling 100,000 Kronen, redeemable at the municipal treasury in legal tender until 31 December 1920. The denomination '10' appears in bold numerals within a ruled box at upper right, and the date 'Vöcklamarkt, am 14. Mai 1920' is printed below the main text block above the manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister. Two warning lines in bold type at the foot state that counterfeiting is punishable by law and that notes without the municipal seal will not be redeemed. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Vöcklamarkt in Oberösterreich gibt laut Beschluß vom 14. Mai 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 100.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein bis 31. Dezember 1920 bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Vöcklamarkt, am 14. Mai 1920. Der Bürgermeister: Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Scheine ohne Gemeindefiegel werden nicht eingelöst. |
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Vöcklamarkt is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 10 Heller note is a product of the notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities after the First World War. The postwar coinage shortage was severe enough that even minor rural townships printed their own emergency paper in fractional heller denominations — values that had been essentially worthless in silver before the war.
By 1920, Austrian federal finances were deteriorating rapidly toward the hyperinflationary collapse that would peak in 1921–1922. Municipal notgeld of this period had an extremely short practical lifespan.