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10 Heller Wimsbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wimsbach (Municipality of Wimsbach) |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green Notgeld note with a central rectangular vignette of Schloss Neidharting as seen from an aerial perspective, captioned 'SCHLOSS NEIDHARTING 1700' below. The denomination '10 HELLER 10' is printed in bold Gothic lettering across the top, flanked on both sides by symmetrical decorative Art Nouveau panels with stylised floral and foliate ornaments. The issuer inscription 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Wimsbach Ob. Öst.' runs along the lower portion in prominent blackletter script, with the designer's name 'L. Daringer' noted at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Heller 10 Notgeld der Gemeinde Wimsbach Ob. Öst. Schloss Neidharting 1700 |
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Wimsbach is a small Upper Austrian village, and this note is a Kriegsnotgeld issue — emergency small-change scrip that Austrian municipalities were forced to produce during and after World War I when coins vanished from circulation entirely, hoarded by a public that trusted metal over paper. Thousands of similar pieces were issued across German-speaking Europe, but the hyper-local nature of these notes meant that most were redeemed quickly within their issuing communities and destroyed, making survivors more elusive than their original print runs might suggest.
J. Stampfl u. Co. in Braunau handled numerous small municipal commissions of this type. Three signatories — almost certainly local officials rather than bank officers — was typical for Gemeinde-level issues, where the municipality itself vouched for redemption.