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2 Korona Munkács
| Issuer | Munkács Rendezett Tanácsú Város Pénztára (Municipal Treasury of Munkács) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Printer | Városi házinyomda (Municipal Print Shop, Munkács) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically printed note in dark ink on plain paper, with an Art Nouveau-style border composed of oak leaf and scroll corner vignettes flanking a central text block. The denomination KÉT KORONA is set in large bold letterpress type at centre, with the word KORONA repeated in smaller type to either side as an underprint element. The issuing authority and redemption clause are inscribed above, with a serial number and forgery warning legend below. |
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| Reverse lettering | MUNKÁCS R. TAN. VÁROS ÁLTAL *1919. JUNIUS 24-ÉN* KIBOCSÁTOTTE Koronás Korona PÉNZTÁRJEGY *1920. DECZEMBER 31-ÉN ÉRVÉNYÉT VESZTI. |
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Munkács issued these emergency notes in 1919 during one of the most chaotic territorial transitions in post-war Central Europe — the town passed through Hungarian, Ukrainian People's Republic, and eventually Czechoslovak control within months. The municipal treasury printed its own fractional currency simply because there was no functioning central authority to supply it. Self-printed by the city's own in-house press, the notes show the rough, uneven impression quality typical of non-specialist print operations working without intaglio equipment.
Ambrus catalogues this as II#1555, placing it within the broader Hungarian municipal emergency issue classifications of 1919.