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| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Value | 5 Pengos (5 Pengő) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and red-brown note with dense guilloche underprint throughout. At centre, the issuer's name MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK appears in bold letterpress, with the date line BUDAPEST, 1938 ÉVI JANUÁR HÓ 15-ÉN above it. To the left, the Hungarian coat of arms is set within an oval medallion, while to the right a finely engraved vignette portrait of a young woman in a circular frame occupies the right field. Three facsimile signatures appear below the central text, accompanied by their respective role titles, and a warning legend runs along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in shades of brown and red-brown, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche rosette at centre bearing the large numeral 5 within an oval, flanked by the word PENGŐ below and ÖT PENGŐ above in a decorative cartouche. Surrounding the central device, the denomination is repeated in multiple languages within a circular band: Hungarian, German (FÜNF PENGŐ), Russian (ПЕТ ПЕНГО), Serbian/Croatian (ЋИН ЦИ ПЕНГО), Romanian (ÖT PENGŐ), and Swedish (PÄT PENGŐ). The numeral 5 appears again at both lateral extremities, and the serial number is printed in red at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | ÖT PENGŐ PENGŐ 5 FÜNF PENGŐ ПЕТ ПЕНГО ÖT PENGŐ ПЕНГЪИВА PÄT PENGŐ |
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