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10 Heller Wachau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is set within a bold dotted rectangular border and headed WACHAUER NOTGELD. with the numeral 10 at each upper corner. The central text block carries the full legal obligation of the Marktgemeinde Spitz a/D. guaranteeing acceptance and redemption of the note at the Gemeindekasse between 15 and 30 September 1920, followed by the anti-counterfeiting warning NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. Three manuscript signatures appear below the printed titles Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. Geschäftsf. Gem.-Rat. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 WACHAUER NOTGELD. 10 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HAFTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT, DIESEN SCHEIN BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 IN ZAHLUNG ZU NEHMEN UND IN DER ZEIT VOM 15. BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 GEGEN PERSÖNLICHE VORWEISUNG BEI DER GEMEINDEKASSE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. VIZEBÜRGER-MEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: 1. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT: |
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Spitz an der Donau sits at the heart of the Wachau valley, and this 10 Heller note is one of the thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues that flooded small municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of wartime coin hoarding that left everyday commerce paralyzed. The Marktgemeinde turned to Eduard Sieger in Vienna, a printer closely associated with the Wachau Notgeld series, while the design itself came from a local hand: Maler Gransgruber of Stein an der Donau, a town barely five kilometers downstream.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1122.10IIa designates this as one of multiple Spitz issues, distinguished by signature or serial variants.