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10 Korona Győr
| Issuer | Magyar Általános Hitelbank Győri Fiókja (Hungarian General Credit Bank, Győr Branch) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed in dark blue ink with a typeset layout. The issuer's name appears in a bold header panel at the top, below a guarantee clause, followed by a series letter 'D' flanked by decorative floral vignettes and a handwritten serial number to the right. The denomination 'K 10 azaz TIZ koronáról' is set in large bold letterpress type at centre, with the place and date 'Győr, 1919. május 6-án.' in italic below; two manuscript signatures appear at the foot under their respective authority designations, accompanied by a circular bank stamp at lower left and a redemption clause at the bottom edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | Magyar Általános Hitelbank Győri Fiókja |
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Magyar Általános Hitelbank was one of Hungary's largest commercial banks, but this note was not issued by its Budapest headquarters — it came from the Győr branch acting on local authority during the chaotic interregnum of 1919, when the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system left provincial banks scrambling to cover acute small-denomination shortages. These emergency issues, known collectively as szükségpénz, proliferated across Hungary that year as central supply lines for banknotes broke down entirely.
The Győr branch's validating stamp is the only security element standing between this and a blank piece of paper — which tells you everything about the monetary conditions that made it necessary.