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10 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and black on plain paper, the obverse is framed by a double red border with Gothic blackletter inscriptions above and below. A central hexagonal vignette presents a detailed engraved panoramic view of Weissenkirchen in der Wachau, showing the town's church steeple, rooftops, and a stone bridge in the foreground. The denomination '10 Heller' appears in large numerals to the left and right of the vignette, with the issuing authority text and date 'Weissenkirchen i.d.W. am 15. April 1920' flanked by three facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and Gemeinderat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau 10 Heller Die Gemeinde Weissenkirchen i. d. W. haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Weissenkirchen i.d.W. am 15. April 1920 Der Bürgermeister: Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Gemeinderat: |
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Weissenkirchen in der Wachau was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to issue Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos, when small coin had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. The Marktgemeinde series was printed by Paul Gerin in Vienna, a firm that handled a substantial volume of Austrian local emergency issues during this period — competent, fast work, not prestige printing.
The 10 Heller denomination sits at the lower end of practical utility, targeting the gap left by missing Heller coinage that Austria never adequately restocked after 1918.