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100 Dollars New York
| Emittent | Hungarian Fund (Kossuth) |
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| Jahr | 1852 |
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| Material | Paper (Paper: white Color: black) |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | HUNGARIAN FUND / ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS / THIS A CERTIFICATE / Will entitle the holder to / With Interest at the rate of / Four per Cent per annum from this date the principal / payable in ten equal annual Installments from the date of the establishment / in fact, of the Independent Hungarian Government, and the interest thereon payable / half yearly after the last above date, and at the National Treasury of such Government, / and either of its Authorized Agencies in London or New York. / Dated at NEW YORK |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Lajos Kossuth |
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Lajos Kossuth arrived in the United States in December 1851 following the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution, and these notes were issued as part of his American fundraising campaign — ostensibly to finance a future renewed uprising against Habsburg rule. The Hungarian Fund notes were never redeemable in any conventional sense; they were essentially political instruments dressed as banknotes, sold to sympathetic American donors who understood they were backing a cause, not a currency.
Danforth, Bald & Co. were among the most reputable security printers in antebellum America, lending the issue a legitimacy of appearance that far exceeded its legal standing. Kossuth signed each note personally.