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100 000 Korona Cash Ticket, Pécs
| Issuer | Osztrák-Magyar Bank, Pécsi Pénztárintézet (Austro-Hungarian Bank, Pécs Cash Office) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Lilac-toned emergency cash ticket printed in letterpress on plain paper. The upper portion bears the issuing authority title in bold capitals, with a serial number prefixed by an asterisk at upper left and the denomination '100.000 K' in a boxed cartouche at upper right. A central oval guilloche vignette carries the inscription 'SZÁZEZER KORONA' flanked by repeated numeral '100.000' panels. Below the vignette, manuscript date entries and signatures of the Pécs branch appear alongside a block of fine-print redemption conditions. |
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| Obverse lettering | AZ OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK PÉNZTÁRJEGYE SZÁZEZER KORONA 100.000 K Pécs, 1919 január 3-án OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK Pénztárintézet |
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In late 1918 and into 1919, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire left its successor regions in acute monetary chaos. Pécs, then under Yugoslav military occupation, was cut off from the normal supply of banknotes from Vienna. The local branch of the Austro-Magyar Bank responded by issuing emergency cash tickets — locally printed, provisional instruments intended to keep commerce moving in the absence of adequate circulating currency.
The P#9A is among the highest denominations in this Pécs emergency series, a direct reflection of how rapidly the inflation spiral was accelerating even before Hungary's own currency stabilization attempts took hold. Local printing meant variable quality and no intaglio security features worth the name.