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10 Heller Wartberg ob der Aist
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wartberg ob der Aist (Municipality of Wartberg ob der Aist) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Violet Gutschein (emergency money voucher) printed in Fraktur script on pale paper, with a decorative cartouche border enclosing the issuing authority text 'der Gemeinde Wartberg ob.d.Aist' and the denomination 'Zehn Heller' in large Gothic lettering as a central underprint. The four corners each carry a numeral '10' in starburst frames, while a repeating 'ZEHN HELLER' legend runs along the upper and lower margins. The lower portion contains a multi-line redemption pledge text signed by the Gemeinderat and the Bürgermeister, with the anti-counterfeiting notice 'NACHDRUCK VERBOTEN' at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Violet reverse in the same Fraktur typographic style, with 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Wartberg ob.d.Aist' at the top and the denomination 'Zehn Heller' in large Gothic script flanked by numeral '10' panels at either side. A central rectangular vignette presents a panoramic view of the town of Wartberg ob der Aist with its church tower and surrounding buildings, captioned 'Wartberg ob der Aist', surmounted by a circular stamp-like device bearing the numeral '10' and the legend 'Heller'. A two-line text at the base states the total issue limit of 30,000 Kronen authorised under L.R.B. 1920. |
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Wartberg ob der Aist is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of other Austrian municipalities it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during and after the First World War to compensate for the near-total disappearance of metallic coinage from everyday commerce. The 10 Heller denomination was the workhorse of local Notgeld, intended for genuine small-change transactions rather than collector speculation, which became a problem for later series.
The Jaksc/Pick reference places this in the documented Austrian local issues corpus, but Wartberg's output was modest. Notes from minor Upper Austrian communes in this denomination frequently show heavy circulation wear — they were actually used.