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1 000 000 Pengő
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Pengos (1 000 000 Pengő) (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman and governor-president, set within an ornate engraved cartouche at right, printed in dark blue intaglio on a beige guilloche underprint. The centre of the note carries the denomination in large Gothic letterpress type above the issuer name, with an elaborate heraldic underprint vignette and three manuscript signature lines bearing the titles FŐTANÁCSOS, ELNÖK, and VEZÉRIGAZGATÓ. Numeral counters reading '1 MILLIÓ' appear in the upper corners, with intricate foliate scroll borders framing the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | EGYMILLIÓ PENGŐ BUDAPEST, 1945. ÉVI NOVEMBER HÓ 16-ÁN MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK FŐTANÁCSOS ELNÖK VEZÉRIGAZGATÓ A BANKJEGYHAMISÍTÁST A TÖRVÉNY BÜNTETI (Translation: One Million Pengő Budapest, 16 November 1945 Hungarian National Bank Chief Counsellor President Director General Counterfeiting banknotes is punishable by law) |
| Reverse description | Central landscape vignette rendered in fine intaglio engraving after Géza Mészöly's painting 'At the Shores of Lake Balaton', showing a pastoral lakeside scene with large willow trees, figures, and boats along the water's edge under a cloudy sky. The Hungarian coat of arms within a laurel wreath occupies the left panel, while ornate foliate scroll borders in dark blue and olive tones frame the composition on all sides. Denomination numerals '1 MILLIÓ' appear in the upper corners, with multilingual value inscriptions running along the top and bottom margins. |
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