Catalog
1 Forint London
| Issuer | Hungarian Revolutionary Government (Kossuth) |
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| Year | 1860-1861 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Gulden | Jeden zlaty | Egy forint | Ѣн флорінт. | Єдань форінть. | Ezen pénzjegy minden magyar álladami és közpénztárakban egy ezüst forint gyanánt, három huszast egy forintra számítva, elfogadtatik, s teljes névszerinti értéke a közállomány által biztosíttatik. | A nemzet nevében |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Lajos Kossuth issued these notes from exile in a genuine attempt to finance a second Hungarian revolution he expected to launch with Italian and French backing. The timing was deliberate — Kossuth was negotiating with Cavour during the lead-up to Italian unification, and the notes were printed in London in anticipation of a military campaign that never materialized after Villafranca ended Franco-Austrian hostilities in 1859 and left him without the allied support he needed.
Because the planned uprising collapsed before the notes could be distributed, almost no examples entered circulation. They were effectively stillborn currency, printed but never deployed.