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2 Korona Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek Rt., Budapest
| Issuer | Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek Rt. (National United Textile Works Co.), Budapest |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light grey-violet note with a decorative ruled border enclosing all text in letterpress. The heading reads "Béljegy" (wage token) in bold Gothic script, followed by the issuer's name and a redemption clause in Hungarian. The denomination "K 2." and spelled-out value "Kettő koronát" appear in a larger central typeface, with validity date and issuer name repeated below; small corner cartouches bearing "K 2 KOR." appear at all four angles. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sorozat 019 Szám 018893 Bérjegy A NEMZETI EGYESÜLT TEXTILMŰVEK R.-T. megtéríti ezen bérjegy áladása ellenében K 2.- azaz: Kettő koronát Érvényes 1919 szeptember 30-ig. Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek R.-T. KULTURA BPEST. |
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This is an emergency scrip note — a "szükségpénz" — issued during the chaotic interlude between the collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in August 1919 and the restabilization of the crown currency. Industrial firms, cooperatives, and municipal authorities across Hungary issued their own small-denomination paper to keep wages moving when state-issued notes were scarce or distrusted. The Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek Rt. was one of Budapest's larger textile manufacturing concerns, and factory scrip of this type was typically redeemable only at company facilities or designated local merchants.
Kultura was a Budapest commercial printer rather than a security specialist, and the production values reflect that — these notes were functional wage instruments, not designed to resist counterfeiting.