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10 Heller Weitra
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Weitra |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Purple letterpress Notgeld note framed by a decorative ruled border with corner shields each bearing a tower emblem. At the top, an engraved vignette presents a view of Weitra Castle set among trees, below which the issuing authority and denomination are rendered in Gothic blackletter script. The lower portion carries a German-language guarantee text, the date line 'WEITRA, am 1 Mai 1920', three facsimile signatures, and the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Weitra N.Ö. Zehn Heller Die Gemeinde Weitra haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. WEITRA, am 1 Mai 1920. Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920. |
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Weitra, a small walled town in Lower Austria's Waldviertel region, was among hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to issue their own emergency paper money — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg Empire left the new republic chronically short of small-denomination coinage. The 10 Heller note from 1920 belongs to the tail end of this wave; most Austrian municipal Notgeld had peaked by 1919.
Weitra's issues are relatively scarce in commerce today, owing to the town's modest size and limited print runs.