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1 Korona Esztergom
| Issuer | Esztergomi Pénzintézetek (Esztergom Financial Institutions) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 1 Korona |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on plain paper, the obverse is framed by an ornate Art Nouveau border of interlaced scrollwork with decorative corner motifs. To the left, a vignette shows the coat of arms of Esztergom with a castellated fortress above the Hungarian national shield. The denomination numeral '1' appears in a ruled panel at right, with the issuing authority's name and the voucher text in calligraphic Hungarian script occupying the central field, dated Esztergom, 10 June 1919, followed by a manuscript signature of the directorate. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red on plain paper and divided into three vertical panels by decorative scroll borders with heart motifs at the top. Flanking panels each bear the numeral '1' above the inscription 'KORONA' within a ruled frame. The central text panel carries the redemption and validity conditions in calligraphic script, with two manuscript signatures of the Esztergom County Workers' and Soldiers' Council executive committee below; a black serial number with prefix 'SZ' appears at lower left, and a circular violet official stamp is applied to the centre. The printer's imprint 'HUNNIA ESZTERGOM' is visible at lower right. |
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Esztergom's financial institutions banded together to issue emergency currency in 1919 — a year of extraordinary monetary chaos in Hungary, bracketed by the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian crown system, the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic, and Romanian military occupation. Local pénzintézetek across the country improvised small-denomination scrip precisely because central authority had effectively ceased to function.
Printed by Hunnia in Esztergom itself, this is a genuinely local production — not a Budapest job shipped to the provinces. The Hunnia imprint on provincial emergency money of this period is uncommon enough to be worth noting.