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1000000000 Pengő Political propaganda
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1946-1947 |
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| Size | 171 x 81 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bicolour fantasy note based on the genuine Magyar Nemzeti Bank 1 milliárd pengő design, printed in blue-violet and salmon-red. A female portrait vignette occupies the right field within a circular frame, while a large numeral "1" underprint anchors the left. Bold black overprint slogans in letterpress cover the central field with Social Democratic Party electoral propaganda. |
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| Obverse lettering | EGYMILLIÁRD PENGŐ ERŐS DEMOKRÁCIA = STABIL PÉNZ SZAVAZZ SZOCIÁLDEMOKRATÁRA! (Translation: One billion Pengő Strong democracy = stable money Vote for Social Democrats!) |
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Hungary's post-war inflation remains the most severe ever recorded. By mid-1946, prices were doubling roughly every fifteen hours, and the Magyar Nemzeti Bank was forced into an increasingly absurd cycle of issuing higher and higher denominations. The one billion pengő note was among the last printed before the forint was introduced on 1 August 1946, at a conversion rate that effectively rendered the entire pengő series worthless overnight — one forint equaled 400,000 quadrillion pengő.
The "political propaganda" designation reflects overprints added during this period, when notes were sometimes stamped with slogans or electoral messaging ahead of the 1947 elections. Printed domestically rather than abroad, given that wartime destruction of Hungary's industrial capacity had ironically left the currency presses among the few functioning institutions in the country.