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1 Pengő Russian Occupation, larger
| Issuer | Soviet Military Command (A Vöröshadsereg Parancsnoksága) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 1 Pengo (1 Pengő) |
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| Obverse lettering | A Vöröshadsereg Parancsnoksága EGY PENGŐ ELFOGADÁSA MINDEN FIZETÉSNÉL KÖTELEZŐ HAMISÍTÁSA HADITÖRVÉNYEK SZERINT BÜNTETTETIK |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark grey-black on uncoloured paper in a design closely mirroring the obverse layout, with a guilloche and scroll ornamental border and bold numerals "1" at left and right flanks. A central rectangular cartouche carries the issuing authority name in two lines above the denomination "EGY PENGŐ" in large letterpress type, with the year date "1944" set in a decorative panel at the foot of the cartouche. Two oval guilloche rosette vignettes appear symmetrically on either side of the central panel. |
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The Soviet military command issued this note for use in Hungary as Red Army forces pushed west in late 1944, well before a stabilized Hungarian civilian administration could be reestablished. These occupation issues were printed in the USSR and introduced alongside the existing Hungarian pengő — not as a replacement, but as a parallel tender that troops and local populations were expected to accept at face value.
The "larger" designation distinguishes it from P#M1, which shares the same denomination and authority but differs in physical format — an unusual situation that points to more than one print run or source under wartime logistical pressure.