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10 Heller Mondsee
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Mondsee (Market Community of Mondsee) |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0626g1-10 |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress on cream paper with the same decorative chain-link border as the obverse. The denomination '10 Heller' is printed in large bold type at upper left, below which a block of Gothic-script text states the redemption conditions, including the expiry date of 31 December 1920 and the signature of Bürgermeister Ant. Kaltenbrunner. The right half carries a woodcut-style vignette of two figures hauling fishing nets beside a large tree, with a mountainous lakeside landscape in the background. The inscription 'Mondsee in Oberösterr:' appears in Gothic script at the lower right, with 'Reisenbichler' printed at the bottom centre. |
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| Signature(s) | Ant. Kaltenbrunner (Bürgermeister) |
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Mondsee's Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld produced from 1914 onward, when wartime metal shortages stripped small coins from everyday commerce almost overnight. Thousands of Austrian municipalities printed their own emergency fractions — Mondsee among them — and the sheer volume of local issuers makes precise attribution and survival rates difficult to establish for any single community's output.
The designer credit to Reisenbichler is unusual enough to note; most village-level Notgeld was produced anonymously or by local printers with no credited artist. Ant. Kaltenbrunner signed as Bürgermeister in an official capacity, lending nominal legal weight to what was essentially a community-backed IOU.