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10 Kreuzers Komotau
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Komotau (Municipality of Komotau) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Size | 118 × 71 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large oval municipal stamp of the Stadtgemeinde Komotau, applied in dark blue ink at centre, enclosing a decorative crowned monogram within an ornate cartouche and the legend reading 'STADTGEMEINDE KOMOTAU' around the perimeter. The remainder of the field is covered with an embossed or blind-printed guilloche wave pattern providing a textured security background across the entire surface. |
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| Protection description | Blind-printed or embossed guilloche wave pattern covering the full note surface; official oval municipal ink stamp of the Stadtgemeinde Komotau applied at centre reverse as authentication. |
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Komotau (now Chomutov in the Czech Republic) was a predominantly German-speaking Bohemian town, and this municipal Keuzer note was issued during a period of severe small-change scarcity that plagued much of central Europe in the aftermath of the 1848 revolutions. Imperial coinage had effectively vanished from circulation as hoarding intensified and the Habsburg treasury struggled to stabilize its finances. Hundreds of Bohemian municipalities issued their own low-denomination paper in this vacuum — none of it legal tender beyond the issuing town's borders.
The official municipal stamp was the primary authentication mechanism, applied individually to each note. Unstamped examples exist and are considered invalid issues.