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100 Korona Hódmezővásárhely
| Issuer | Hódmezővásárhelyi Takarékpénztár |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper with a bold black typeset border composed of repeating geometric and square ornamental units enclosing the central text panel. The denomination '100' appears in each corner within small square cartouches along the outer frame. The central field carries the issuing text in Hungarian above the large display inscription 'SZÁZ KORONA' flanked by two small floral vignettes, with the serial number field 'SORSZÁM' printed at upper right and the designation 'PÉNZTÁR-JEGY' at upper left. The date 'HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY, 1919 MÁRCIUS 31.' and the signature line 'POLITIKAI MEGBÍZOTT' appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | 129/1919 D. RENDELET. Ezen pénztár-jegy törvényes fizetési eszköz erejével bir s a Direktórium szigoru rendelete értelmében mindenki Hódmező-Vásárhely város bel- és külterületén elfogadni köteles. A rendelet ellen vétők súlyos pénzbírsággal sujtatnak, a hamisítók vésztörvényszék elé állíttatnak. A kibocsátó pénzintézet a pénzügyi helyzet rendezése után, de legkésőbb 1919. évi december 20-ig, tartozik törvényes pénzre beváltani. Hódmezővásárhely, 1919 március hó 31. DIREKTÓRIUM |
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Hódmezővásárhely's savings bank issued this 100 Korona note during the chaotic interregnum of 1919, when the collapse of Austria-Hungary left provincial Hungarian institutions scrambling to cover a severe shortage of circulating small currency. These municipal and institutional emergency issues — szükségpénz — proliferated across Hungarian towns that year precisely because the new central authority could not supply adequate coin or notes fast enough to keep local commerce functioning.
Locally printed emergency paper of this type was rarely recalled systematically, which cuts both ways: survivors exist, but condition varies wildly and provenance is often impossible to trace.