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10 Korona Ugocsai Világítási Rt., Nagyszőllős
| Issuer | Ugocsai Világítási Részvénytársaság, Nagyszőllős |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | UTALVÁNY 10 koronáról, melyet az Ugocsai Világitási R.T. pénztára törvényes pénzre vált be. Érvényes 1919. november hó 1-ig. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 korona UGOCSAI VILÁGITÁSI R,-T. NAGYSZŐLLŐS |
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Ugocsai Világítási Részvénytársaság — the Ugocsa Lighting Company — was a provincial utilities firm in Nagyszőllős (now Vynohradiv, Ukraine), and its 1919 emergency scrip belongs to the chaotic interval when the Austro-Hungarian crown was collapsing and local institutions across the former kingdom were printing their own stopgap money to keep commerce moving. A gas or electricity utility issuing currency is unusual even by the loose standards of Hungarian szükségpénz, suggesting severe coin shortages were cutting into day-to-day billing and wage payments.
Nagyszőllős changed hands repeatedly in 1919 — Hungarian, then Romanian, then Czechoslovak administration — making the precise circulation window for this note very short.