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2 Korona Nagykanizsa
| Issuer | Nagykanizsa Municipality |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Krone (1919-1926) |
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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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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream paper surface entirely without text, vignette, or ornamental elements, consistent with the emergency issue character of this notgeld. |
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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.