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10 Heller Lofer
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lofer (Market Community of Lofer) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Tan and deep red Notgeld note with a decorative foliate border enclosing, at left, the armorial vignette of Lofer: a crowned Madonna figure standing on a crescent moon within a heraldic shield, set against a red background and framed by stylised foliage. To the right, the large denomination numeral '10 H.' appears at upper centre in bold red Gothic lettering, below which the text inscription states validity, issuing authority, and bears two facsimile manuscript signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister alongside a community council attestation. The printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK' appears at the lower right margin, with a '3. AUFLAGE' (third edition) notation along the right edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 hl Markt Lofer, Ld. Salzburg 10 hl |
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Lofer is a small market town in the Salzburg district of St. Johann, and like hundreds of similar Austrian municipalities during World War One, it issued its own emergency small change — Kriegsnotgeld — when coin metal was requisitioned for the war effort and low-denomination currency effectively vanished from circulation. These local issues were authorized under wartime emergency provisions, with each Marktgemeinde responsible for its own redemption guarantee, which varied wildly in reliability.
Wagner of Innsbruck handled a significant volume of Tyrolean and Salzburg municipal notgeld, making their output recognizable to regional collectors. The JPR0560c series suggests at least three distinct Lofer issues exist — the "c" suffix placing this among the later variants.