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10 Heller Altaist
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altaist (Municipality of Altaist) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Heller |
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| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Altaist gibt diesen Gutschein zur Behebung der Kleingeldnot heraus und löst denselben bis 31. Dez. 1920 gegen gesetzliches Geld ein. Gemeindeamt Altaist polit. Bezirk Pere OB.-ÖST. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. 1. Auflage |
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Altaist is a small village in Upper Austria, and this Heller note is a product of the acute small-change shortage that gripped Austria during the First World War. Municipal and parish authorities across the country were authorized to issue their own emergency currency — Notgeld — to keep local commerce functioning when coins vanished from circulation due to hoarding and metal requisitions. Gemeinde Altaist did exactly that, with three local officials signing off on notes printed by F. Kling in Linz. Karl Hayd is credited as designer, an unusual level of attribution for such a minor issuer.