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100 Korona Hódmezővásárhely
| Issuer | Hódmezővásárhelyi Takarékpénztár |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | PÉNZTÁR-JEGY SORSZÁM A HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELYI TAKARÉKPÉNZTÁR EZEN PÉNZTÁRJEGYÉRT BARKI KÍVÁNSÁGÁRA A PÉNZVISZONYOK RENDEZÉSEKOR, DE LEGKÉSŐBB 1919. ÉVI DECEMBER HÓ 20-IG FIZET SAJÁT PÉNZTÁRNÁL SZÁZ KORONA TÖRVÉNYES PÉNZT HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY, 1919 MÁRCIUS 31. POLITIKAI MEGBÍZOTT 100 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on the same cream stock and carries a rectangular typeset border identical in style to the obverse. A ghost impression of the obverse text is visible as a show-through. The central field presents a mandatory acceptance decree headed 'RENDELET.' in large type, followed by two paragraphs of Hungarian text imposing legal-tender obligation within Hódmezővásárhely under the authority of the Direktórium, with penalties for refusal and a redemption deadline of 20 December 1919. The text concludes with the place-date 'Hódmezővásárhely, 1919 március hó 31.' and the issuing authority 'DIREKTÓRIUM', with the fractional reference '129/1919 D.' at upper left. |
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Hódmezővásárhely's savings bank issued this 100 Korona note during the chaotic interregnum of 1919, when the collapse of Austria-Hungary left provincial Hungarian institutions scrambling to cover a severe shortage of circulating small currency. These municipal and institutional emergency issues — szükségpénz — proliferated across Hungarian towns that year precisely because the new central authority could not supply adequate coin or notes fast enough to keep local commerce functioning.
Locally printed emergency paper of this type was rarely recalled systematically, which cuts both ways: survivors exist, but condition varies wildly and provenance is often impossible to trace.