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| Emittent | Metro Vízmérőgyár Rt. (Metro Water Meter Factory Co.), Budapest |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
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| Referenz(en) | Adamo MSZK#BUC-175.5 |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is printed in rich dark tones with a central oval cartouche in black and gold bearing the large numeral '2' flanked by two six-pointed gold stars, with the word 'KORONA' inscribed across the lower portion of the oval. Two putti figures rendered in a Jugendstil manner flank the central cartouche amid a profusion of colourful stylised flowers and foliage across the upper register. The lower panel carries a rectangular frame with the issuer's name and location in bold uppercase letterpress. |
| Rückseitenlegende | 2 KORONA »METRO« VÍZMÉRŐGYÁR R.T. BUDAPEST |
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Metro Vízmérőgyár Rt. was one of dozens of Budapest industrial firms that issued their own small-denomination paper notes during the acute coin shortage that gripped Hungary in 1920. The National Bank simply could not keep fractional coinage in circulation — metal had been hoarded, exported, or consumed by wartime production — so factories, cooperatives, and municipalities printed their own scrip to make change for workers and canteen purchases. These emergency issues were technically illegal tender outside the issuing firm's own premises.
The Adamo catalog documents several denominations from this issuer; the 2 Korona sits in the middle of the series.