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3000 Forint - Élelmiszer utalvány
| Issuer | Magyar Államkincstár (Hungarian State Treasury) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 3000 Forint |
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| Obverse description | Light blue ground with multicolour guilloche border along the left and bottom edges. At upper left, a circular vignette encloses a stylised basket-of-goods emblem within a sunburst frame. The title inscription and denomination numeral '3000 Ft' appear in bold letterpress, with the written-out value 'HÁROMZEZER FORINT' below. A diagonal red overprint reading 'MINTA' (specimen) crosses the face. Issuer details and an EAN barcode run along the lower portion, with a vertical denomination strip at the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Hologram, UV-fluorescent ink, Barcode |
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Hungary's State Treasury introduced these food vouchers in 2025 as part of a welfare benefit system allowing recipients to purchase groceries at designated retailers — a deliberate restriction that distinguishes them from cash or general-purpose transfer payments. The barcode integration ties each voucher to electronic verification at point of sale, limiting resale and off-label use, which has been a persistent problem with paper-based social benefit instruments across Europe.
The security specification — hologram plus UV ink on a social welfare document — is notably heavy for the denomination's practical value, suggesting the Treasury anticipated counterfeiting pressure from the outset.