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15 Kreuzers Treasury Note
| Uitgever | Hungarian Treasury (Kincstári utalvány) |
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| Jaar | 1849 |
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| Waarde | 15 Kreuzers (Krajczár) (1/4) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Brown-toned treasury note with an elaborate ornamental border of interlocking guilloche scrollwork enclosing the central text. The denomination numeral '15' appears in each of the four corner medallions, with the large bold inscription 'Tizenöt pengő krajczárra' serving as the principal legend. A small Hungarian royal coat of arms vignette is positioned in the lower centre, flanked by a manuscript signature and the date 'Budán 1849-ki január 1-én' within the body text. |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | Watermark showing the numeral '15'. |
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Hungary issued these small-denomination Kincstári utalvány notes in 1849 to fund the revolutionary government's war effort against Habsburg forces — a currency born entirely of military necessity. The Hungarian Treasury had almost no established printing infrastructure, so production was handled domestically in Buda under improvised conditions, which is why the printing quality across the series varies considerably from sheet to sheet.
At 15 krajcár, this was the lowest circulating value in the revolutionary issue, used for everyday transactions when silver coinage had largely vanished from circulation. After the Russian intervention and the collapse of the revolution in August 1849, Austrian authorities declared all Kossuth-era paper void — rendering these notes worthless almost simultaneously with their peak circulation.