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10 Heller Kapelln
| Issuer | Hans Kaiser (merchant), Kapelln a.d. Perschling |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0425-10 |
| Obverse description | Grey-blue notgeld printed in black letterpress throughout, with the denomination numeral '10' set in bold within circular cartouches at upper left and upper right, flanking a central Fraktur heading 'Heller' and an oval vignette of the Kapelln townscape rendered in fine line engraving, showing a church steeple and rooftops. A decorative geometric border with foliate corner ornaments frames the note, and two lines of Fraktur script at the base carry the issuer's declaration regarding the note's purpose in alleviating the small-change shortage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Heller S. Kaiser, Kapelln, N.Ö. Dieser Gutschein wird im Verkehr mit meiner Kunde zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot ausgegeben. |
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One of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues produced by local merchants and municipalities during the severe coin shortage of 1920–1921, this 10 Heller piece was authorized by Hans Kaiser, a private tradesman rather than a municipal body — meaning it functioned essentially as a store token backed by his personal credit. The printer, Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg, was a small regional press serving Lower Austria, and its output for these emergency issues was entirely utilitarian.
Kapelln an der Perschling is a small market town in Lower Austria. That a single merchant could issue circulating paper at this scale reflects how completely the Habsburg monetary infrastructure had collapsed after 1918.