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1 Forint Almásy bankó
| Issuer | Hungarian Revolutionary Government (Kossuth government) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| In circulation to | 31 August 1856 |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Gulden C. M. Anweisung auf die Landeseinkünfte des Königreiches Ungarn. Das k. General-Cameral-Zahlamt in Ofen und alle öffentlichen Cassen in Ungarn nehmen bei allen Zahlungen die gegenwärtige Anweisung mit Einem Gulden Conv. Münze statt Barem an, und Jedermann ist verpflichtet, dieselbe bei Zahlungen mit diesem Betrage anzunehmen. Ofen am 1. März 1849. |
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| Reverse lettering | Egy forint (1) ezüst pénz Utalvány Magyar Ország közjövedelmeire Budán 1. márczius 1849. (Translation: 1 forint silver money Payment order for Hungary's public income In Buda, on 1st of March, 1849) |
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The Kossuth government's 1849 small-denomination issues were produced under severe wartime constraints, with local printing in Buda substituting for the sophisticated intaglio facilities Hungary had no access to. The "Almásy bankó" name derives from Pál Almásy, who served as President of the Hungarian National Assembly and whose signature appears on the series — an unusual arrangement that placed legislative rather than banking authority behind the paper.
Hungary's revolutionary currency collapsed with the military defeat in August 1849. Austrian forces moved quickly to suppress and demonetize all Kossuth-era paper, which means surviving notes were almost certainly hidden rather than surrendered.