Catalog
2 Korona Munkács
| Issuer | Munkács Rendezett Tanácsú Város Pénztára (Municipal Treasury of Munkács) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Printer | Városi házinyomda (Municipal Print Shop, Munkács) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed in dark ink over a light blue underprint, enclosed within an ornate Art Nouveau frame of sinuous floral and foliate motifs at the corners. The central text panel records the issuance date of 24 June 1919 and the expiry date of 31 December 1920 in letterpress type, with the word PÉNZTÁRJEGY in large display characters and the denomination repeated in blue underprint across the centre. |
| Reverse lettering | MUNKÁCS R. TAN. VÁROS ÁLTAL *1919. JUNIUS 24-ÉN* KIBOCSÁTOTTE Koronás Korona PÉNZTÁRJEGY *1920. DECZEMBER 31-ÉN ÉRVÉNYÉT VESZTI. |
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Munkács issued these emergency notes in 1919 during one of the most chaotic territorial transitions in post-war Central Europe — the town passed through Hungarian, Ukrainian People's Republic, and eventually Czechoslovak control within months. The municipal treasury printed its own fractional currency simply because there was no functioning central authority to supply it. Self-printed by the city's own in-house press, the notes show the rough, uneven impression quality typical of non-specialist print operations working without intaglio equipment.
Ambrus catalogues this as II#1555, placing it within the broader Hungarian municipal emergency issue classifications of 1919.