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10 Heller Wien
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wien (Municipality of Vienna) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Printer | H. Engel & Sohn, Wien |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-black letterpress over a red guilloche underprint bearing the repeated legend 'STADT WIEN' interspersed with heraldic cross motifs. A central vignette presents a detailed view of the Vienna City Hall (Rathaus) in red intaglio style, framed by ornamental rosettes at each corner. The title 'Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien' appears in Gothic blackletter script across the upper portion, with the large denomination numerals '10' flanking the vignette and 'Heller' inscribed below; the date 'Wien, am 21. November 1919' and three facsimile signature lines for the Vice-Mayor, Mayor, and City Councillor appear at the foot of the note, with the printer's imprint 'H. ENGEL & SOHN, WI[EN]' at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien über 10 Heller Die Gemeinde Wien hastet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Wien, am 21. November 1919. Der Vize-Bürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Der Stadtrat: H. ENGEL & SOHN, WI[EN] |
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Vienna's municipal government began issuing Notgeld in 1919 as postwar Austria buckled under a catastrophic shortage of small-denomination coinage. The Stadtgemeinde Wien notes were among the more professionally produced examples of the genre — H. Engel & Sohn was a local Viennese commercial printer, not a security press, which shows in the relatively simple execution compared to contemporary Austrian state issues.
Notgeld of this period was legally temporary, intended for redemption once the coinage situation stabilized. Much of it never was redeemed, which is why surviving examples outnumber what actual circulation figures would suggest.