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10 Heller Wachau - St Michael
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | WACHAUER-NOTGELD Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a/D über 10 HELLER INSIGIL DES MARKTS ZU SPITZ Giltig bis 30. Sept. 1920 St. Michael ENTWURF: MALER RUDOLF WEBER, SPITZ. EDUARD SIEGER WIEN |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse printed entirely in black letterpress within a dotted rectangular border, with denomination numerals '10' flanking the header. The text block carries the full legal liability declaration of the Marktgemeinde Spitz a./D. in uppercase sans-serif type, guaranteeing acceptance until 30 September 1920 and redemption at the municipal treasury between 15 and 30 September 1920. Three signature lines are ruled below the text for the Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. Geschäftsführender Gemeinderat, each bearing a manuscript signature. |
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Wachau notgeld occupies a specific niche in the broader Austrian emergency currency wave: these small-denomination pieces were issued by individual market communes rather than municipal governments or banks, giving them a hyper-local character unusual even within the notgeld phenomenon. Spitz an der Donau, a wine-producing commune on the Danube, commissioned designs from a local designer — Rudolf Weber was based in Spitz itself, not imported from Vienna — while contracting Eduard Sieger in Vienna for the actual printing.
The Jaksc/Pick suffix "IIc" indicates this is a recognized sub-variety within the series, suggesting multiple printings or paper variants were issued under the same nominal date.