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1 Kreuzer Dobsina
| Issuer | Dobsina (Dobšiná) Mining Town Treasury |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Value | 1 Krajcár (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Dobsina bánya város pénztári utalványa egy pengő krajczárra E jegyek: 1., A városi pénztár által, álladami magyar Bank jegyekkel biztosíttatnak. 2., Hamisítói, a városi hatóság által fenyíttetnek. 3., Visszaváltásuknak határideje a város által határoztatik meg, minek közzétételétől számítva 14 nap alatt beváltandók; külömben érvénytelenek. Dobsina 1849 július 16-kán városi biztos |
| Reverse description | Uniface issue; reverse is blank. |
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Dobšiná was a copper-mining settlement in the Kingdom of Hungary whose small-denomination emergency paper issues of 1849 were a direct consequence of the Hungarian Revolution. As the Kossuth government's war economy drained metallic currency from circulation, dozens of municipal and corporate bodies began issuing their own Kassenzettel — treasury scrip — to keep local commerce functioning. Dobšiná's Mining Town Treasury was among them.
At this size and denomination, these notes were almost certainly printed locally under primitive conditions. The light blue paper stock itself was likely a deliberate differentiator, not an aesthetic choice.