Catalog
10 Heller Werfen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Werfen (Market Town of Werfen) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | Marktgemeinde Werfen Dieser Gutschein über Zehn Heller wird bis 31. December 1920 von der Marktgemeinde Werfen in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst Gemeinderat Bürgermeister |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on cream paper and carries a detailed letterpress vignette occupying nearly the full face, depicting a street scene with tall stone buildings and a tower or gate structure visible in the background, rendered in a fine cross-hatched engraving style consistent with Austrian Notgeld production of the period. A ruled rectangular border frames the composition, with a decorative text panel at the lower margin. |
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Werfen is a small market town in the Pongau district of Salzburg province, and like hundreds of similarly sized Austrian municipalities, it was forced into the note-issuing business by the catastrophic small-change shortage that gripped the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War. The central authorities simply could not keep low-denomination coinage in circulation — metal was needed elsewhere — leaving local governments to fill the gap with their own Notgeld.
The JPR1173b designation within the Jaksch catalogue suggests this is a second variety within the Werfen 10 Heller series, likely differing from the 'a' type in paper color, overprint, or authorization stamp.