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| Emittente | Independent Hungarian Government - National Treasury |
|---|---|
| Anno | 1852 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | 10 Dollars |
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| Descrizione del dritto | The obverse centres on an allegorical vignette of three classically robed female figures, one bearing a flag, flanked to the left by a standing uniformed soldier and to the right by a seated female figure with a globe; ornate guilloche rosettes fill each corner, with a large roman numeral 'X' at upper left and '10' at upper right. The bold legend 'HUNGARIAN FUND' arches across the centre above an extended English-language promise-to-pay text referencing the Independent Hungarian Government, dated at New York, 2nd February 1852, with a manuscript signature at lower right. The overall impression is consistent with an engraved trial printing executed by Danforth, Bald & Co. |
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| Legenda del dritto | HUNGARIAN FUND On demand, one year after the establishment in fact of the INDEPENDENT HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT, the holder hereof shall be entitled to TEN DOLLARS payable at the National Treasury or at either of its agencies at London or New York, or to exchange the same in sums of Fifty Dollars or over for certificates bearing five per Cent interest payable in two equal annual installments from one year after said event. Dated at New York, 2nd February 1852 |
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| Commenti |
Kossuth's exile issue. After the failed 1848–49 revolution, Lajos Kossuth traveled to the United States and arranged the printing of these notes in New York — not as a functioning currency, but as a fundraising and propaganda instrument intended to finance a future insurrection against Habsburg rule. The "Independent Hungarian Government" had no territory, no treasury, and no legal standing at the time of printing.
Danforth, Bald & Co. were among the most reputable security printers in antebellum America, which lent the notes a convincing institutional appearance. The U.S. government ultimately warned that issuing such instruments might violate neutrality laws, and the scheme collapsed before the notes ever circulated in Hungary.