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2 Korona Nagykanizsa
| Issuer | Nagykanizsa Municipality |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 2 Korona |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper, the obverse carries the denomination title KÉT KORONA in a ruled panel at the top, above a large central vignette rendered in letterpress showing a panoramic street scene of Nagykanizsa with period buildings, trees, and figures. The ornate border consists of repeated geometric and foliate guilloche-style decorative elements. At the lower centre, a text panel states the conditions of acceptance and confirms that the note's backing has been deposited at the Osztrák-Magyar Bank Nagykanizsai Fiókja, dated Nagykanizsa, 1919. július 20, with two facsimile signatures below; the numeral 2 within a decorative cartouche appears at each lower corner above the word KORONA. |
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| Obverse lettering | KÉT KORONA ÉRTÉKÜ PÉNZTÁRJEGY, MELYET NAGYKANIZSA ÉS ZALAEGERSZEG VÁROSOK, VALAMINT ALSÓ- ÉS FELSŐZALAVÁRMEGYE ÖSSZES PÉNZTÁRAI, HIVATALAI ÉS PÉNZINTÉZETEI 1919. DECEMBER 1-IG FIZETÉSÜL ELFOGADNAK. Ennek a pénztárjegynek a fedezete letétbe helyeztetett az OSZTR.-MAGYAR BANK NAGYKANIZSAI FIÓKJA-nál. Nagykanizsa, 1919. julius 20. Int. bizotts. elnöksége várm. p. ü. megbízott 2 KORONA |
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Nagykanizsa issued its own emergency money in 1919 during the severe coin and small-denomination note shortage that plagued Hungary in the chaotic months following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These municipal Korona notes — Szükségpénz, literally "necessity money" — were a local administrative response to a national liquidity crisis, not an act of monetary independence. Dozens of Hungarian towns issued similar scrip during this window, which is precisely why the Adamo catalogue exists: to bring order to what is otherwise a sprawling, poorly-documented field.
The 1.2 suffix in the Adamo reference indicates a distinct variety within the NKA-1 type, likely a paper stock or print run difference.