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10 Fillér Pécs
| Issuer | Pécs Törvényhatósági Jogú Város Házi Pénztára (Municipal Treasury of Pécs) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Krone (1919-1926) |
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| Obverse description | Green and pink letterpress notgeld on plain paper, with an elaborate guilloche border of interlocking scroll ornaments framing the entire note. At left, a vignette of a prominent Pécs city building with a tower is set within a rectangular panel. To the right, the city name PÉCS appears at top, followed by the issuing authority text in Hungarian and the denomination TIZ FILLÉR in bold red lettering. The date "PÉCS, 1919. ÉVI OKTÓBER 17.-ÉN" and a manuscript signature of the mayor (polgármester) appear in the lower right portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark green on a fine pink guilloche underprint ground. A large central oval cartouche encloses the bold numeral "10" rendered in intricate filigree scrollwork, surrounded by an elaborate lace-like guilloche frame. The denomination legend TIZ FILLÉR runs diagonally in large block letters across the full field on both sides of the central oval, with the numeral "10" repeated in ornate circular medallions at each upper corner. |
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Pécs was occupied by Serbian forces from November 1918 until August 1921, longer than virtually any other Hungarian city in the postwar settlement period. During this occupation, the municipal treasury continued to issue small-denomination emergency notes — szükségpénz — to address a genuine coin shortage, operating under an ambiguous dual authority that left the city's financial instruments in a legal grey zone recognized by neither Budapest nor Belgrade.
The 10 filléres denomination was among the smallest and most practically necessary, filling the gap left by disappearing copper coinage. Pécs municipal issues from this period are catalogued under the MSZK system rather than the standard Pick sequence, reflecting their hybrid status as neither state currency nor purely private scrip.