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10 Heller Prägarten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Prägarten (Municipality of Prägarten) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper and carries a large municipal seal vignette at left, rendered as a wax seal with armorial bearings and the legend of Prägarten, suspended by a twisted cord. To the right, the issuer name 'Die Gemeinde Prägarten' is set in blackletter type, followed by the obligation text and the denomination '10 Heller' in bold numerals. A facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister (mayor) appears at lower right, with the printer's imprint 'Ernst Priesgal, Steyr' at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on a light green guilloche underprint enclosed within a decorative scrollwork border. At left, a detailed vignette illustrates an interior weaving workshop with a large loom, a cuckoo clock, and a pendulum weight, evoking the local textile craft tradition. Two stanzas of German verse occupy the right and lower portions of the note, with the denomination '10 Heller' displayed in a framed panel at lower right and the redemption date 'Einlösetermin 31 Dezember 1920' inscribed above it. |
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Prägarten is a small Upper Austrian parish municipality — the kind of place that issued emergency small change (Kleingeld) during the profound coin shortage that gripped Austria from 1916 onward, as metal was diverted to the war effort. These municipal Notgeld pieces were technically illegal under Austrian monetary law but were tolerated out of sheer necessity; the central authorities had no practical means of supplying sufficient coinage to rural communities.
Ernst Priesgal of Steyr was a regional jobbing printer, not a security press, which is exactly what you'd expect for a village-level issue of this kind. The single authorizing signature is that of Josef Peyrl, almost certainly the Bürgermeister at the time.