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10 Fillér Sokszorosító Ipar Rt., Budapest
| Issuer | Sokszorosító Ipar Részvénytársaság, Budapest |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Fillér (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue-green note with dark brown letterpress printing, enclosed within a double rectangular border frame. A central circular medallion carries a left-facing classical female portrait in Art Nouveau style rendered in blue and brown, with the year 1921 inscribed vertically along the right edge of the medallion. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large type to either side of the vignette, each accompanied by 'FILLÉR' below, while three manuscript signatures with the role designations IGAZGATÓ, PÉNZTÁROS, and IGAZGATÓ appear at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 FILLÉR - 10 FILLÉR A Sokszorosító Ipar Részv. Társ. bárki kívánságára e pénzjegyet névértékben átváltja más törvényes pénznemekre - 1921. december hó 31-ig |
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Sokszorosító Ipar Részvénytársaság — "Reproduction Industry Joint Stock Company" — was a Budapest printing and duplicating firm, not a bank or municipality. Its emergency scrip from 1921 belongs to the szükségpénz phenomenon that flooded Hungary following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian krone system and the severe coin shortage of the early postwar years. Hundreds of private companies, cooperatives, and factories issued their own low-denomination tokens and paper chits during this period simply to make change.
The Adamo catalogue remains the primary reference for Hungarian szükségpénz, though coverage of minor corporate issuers like this one is uneven.