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1 Korona Metro Vízmérőgyár Rt., Budapest
| Issuer | Metro Vízmérőgyár Rt., Budapest |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour voucher note printed on plain paper, with a decorative border of dotted dots and ornamental corner rosettes in red and black. A large numeral "1" in ornate Art Nouveau style occupies the centre against a pastel guilloche underprint in yellow, green, and red. The text is rendered in a flowing script typical of Hungarian notgeld issues of the period, with the issuer's redemption clause and place-date inscription arranged in horizontal lines across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | UTALVÁNY Egy, azaz 1 koronáról, mely összeget a METRO vízmérőgyár r.t. főpénztára törvényes pénzre váltja be. BUDAPESTEN 1922. deczember 15-ig. |
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Metro Vízmérőgyár Rt. — the Metro Water Meter Factory — was among the many Hungarian industrial firms forced to issue internal scrip during the hyperinflationary collapse of the early 1920s. The Hungarian korona was deteriorating rapidly by 1922, and factory-issued notes like this one served as wage tokens or canteen currency, allowing companies to pay workers in a medium that retained at least local purchasing power within the firm's own facilities.
The Adamo MSZK cataloguing places this within the broader Hungarian "szükségpénz" (emergency money) series — privately issued necessities, not state-sanctioned instruments.