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1 Dollar New York
| Issuer | Hungarian Fund (Kossuth) |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-engraved note arranged in three vertical registers: at left, a vignette of Lajos Kossuth in military dress; at centre, a classical allegorical female figure (Minerva) standing over a fallen adversary within an ornamental guilloche frame; at right, a standing female figure in Roman armour with spear and shield. Elaborate lathe-work numeral '1' medallions occupy each corner, with heraldic shield devices at the upper corners. The obligation legend of the Independent Hungarian Government appears in letterpress across the main text band, with the denomination ONE DOLLAR in bold display type and a manuscript signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | HUNGARIAN FUND. Dated at New York February 1852 INDEPENDENT HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT ONE DOLLAR Danforth, Bald & Co. New York & Philad. |
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| Reverse lettering | HUNGARIAN FUND. |
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