Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Pengő
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1926 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | An intaglio portrait of Ferenc Deák, the Hungarian statesman, is set within an oval vignette at the right, rendered in fine engraving with cross-hatched shading. The centre of the note carries the issuer's title MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK in bold letterpress, above which the denomination TIZ PENGŐ appears in large display lettering, flanked by numeral 10 counters in each corner. The date BUDAPEST, 1926. ÉVI MÁRCIUS HÓ 1-ÉN is printed below the main title, with two manuscript signatures and one printed signature line identifying the ELNÖK, FŐTANÁCSOS, and VEZÉRIGAZGATÓ respectively, and the coat of arms of Hungary centred between them. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | TIZ PENGŐ TIZ PENGŐ ZEHN PENGO DESAT PENGO ДЕСЕТ ПЕНГОВА ДЕСЯТЬ ПЕНГЫВОВ ZEGE PENGEI |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The 10 Pengő of 1926 was among the first notes issued under Hungary's new currency, introduced to replace the catastrophically inflated korona after postwar hyperinflation had rendered it worthless. The pengő, stabilized with League of Nations assistance and tied to the gold standard, represented a deliberate monetary reset — and this early series was designed to project institutional confidence accordingly.
Printed by the Magyar Állami Nyomda (Hungarian State Printing Office) in Budapest, these notes are occasionally found with ink strike inconsistencies on the watermark zones, a known quirk of the early production runs.