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10 Heller Wiener Neudorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Wiener Neudorf (Market Town of Wiener Neudorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on salmon-pink paper, the note is framed by an oak-leaf and acorn border typical of Austrian Notgeld issues. To the left, a vignette of a medieval armoured knight stands in full regalia with shield and spear; to the right, a detailed letterpress vignette of the local parish church tower with surrounding townscape. The denomination '10' appears in black-framed cartouches at each upper corner, with the issuer's name in Gothic blackletter script across the centre field, above the expiry date and three facsimile signatures of municipal officials. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain salmon-pink paper surface without any design, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with many Austrian municipal Notgeld issues of this period. |
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Wiener Neudorf was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities that printed their own small-denomination emergency notes — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left a severe shortage of coins in circulation. The chronic coin famine persisted well into the early 1920s, forcing even small market towns to act as de facto currency issuers. Three municipal officials signed each note individually: the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and Kämmerer, making mass production impractical and hand-signed survivors the norm rather than the exception.