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10 Heller Waidhofen an der Ybbs
| Issuer | Landgemeinde Waidhofen an der Ybbs |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress Notgeld dated 1 May 1920, printed within a ruled border. The upper portion carries a vignette of a farmer in traditional dress standing beside a large bull, rendered in a simple illustrative style evocative of rural Austrian folk art. The lower panel displays the denomination numeral '10' at left and right flanking the text 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER ZEHN HELLER', followed by the issuing authority inscription, the date '1. MAI 1920', and two manuscript signatures below their respective official titles. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress reverse enclosed within a dotted outer border and double ruled inner frame, divided into two text panels separated by a decorative band with small geometric corner ornaments. The upper panel contains a four-line rhyming verse in German blackletter script alluding to the bull as a symbol of the municipal treasury. The lower panel sets out the redemption conditions, specifying that the notes will be exchanged for legal tender by the Landgemeinde Waidhofen an der Ybbs between 1 and 31 December 1920, with a statutory warning against counterfeiting, and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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Waidhofen an der Ybbs was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities that issued their own small-denomination emergency currency — Notgeld — in the years immediately following World War One, when chronic coin shortages made everyday commerce genuinely difficult. This 10 Heller note was printed locally by the town's own press, an arrangement common among the smaller Lower Austrian communities that lacked access to the larger commercial printers used by Vienna or the provincial capitals.
The Jaksc catalog designation PR1126a places it firmly within the documented Austrian municipal Notgeld sequence, though survival rates for lower-denomination Waidhofen issues vary considerably across the sub-types.