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20 Kreuzers Jólsva
| Issuer | Jólsva Városi Pénztár (Jólsva Municipal Treasury) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Value | 20 Krajcár (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white paper note printed in black letterpress within an ornamental border composed of typographic floral and foliate vignette elements. The central text field carries the denomination numeral '20' in large display type, with the issuing authority and redemption text arranged in multiple lines above and below. The note is dated 'Jólsva 1849 Augustus 6-kán' at the foot, with a handwritten serial number space ('Szám') at upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Szám Jólsva városa pénztári utalványa 20 az az húsz pengő krajczárra Melly jegyeket a városi pénztár álla- dalmi bankjegyekkel biztositt. Jólsva 1849 Augustus 6-kán. |
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Jólsva — today Jelšava in central Slovakia — was among the dozens of Hungarian towns that issued their own emergency paper during the revolutionary period of 1848–49, when the war between the Hungarian revolutionary government and Habsburg forces disrupted normal monetary supply throughout the kingdom. These municipal treasury notes filled a genuine gap: metallic coin had largely disappeared from circulation through hoarding, and the new Kossuth notes were not reaching every corner of the country.
The Ambrus catalogue remains the primary reference for this category of Hungarian municipal scrip, and Jólsva examples are among the less frequently encountered listings within it.