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2 Korona Uránia Mozgófényképszínház, Szombathely
| Issuer | Uránia Mozgófényképszínház, Szombathely |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 2 Korona |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse printed in brown, dominated by the word 'UTALVÁNY' (voucher) at the top in bold letterpress, with the numeral '2' below it. A block of Hungarian text states the redemption conditions, identifying the issuing institution as the Szombathelyi Uránia Mozgófényképszínház and specifying the expiry date of 31 December 1920, with a small decorative circular vignette in the lower right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | UTALVÁNY 2 koronáról, mely értékét ezen jegy felmutatása ellenében a szombathelyi Uránia Mozgófényképszínház pénztára szolgáltatja ki. Érvényes 1920. december hó 31-ig. |
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Hungarian cinema theaters briefly became improvised financial institutions in 1920, when the post-war collapse of the korona and a crippling small-change shortage forced local businesses to print their own emergency scrip. The Uránia Mozgófényképszínház in Szombathely — a regional city in western Hungary, close to the Austrian border — issued this 2 korona note as a szükségpénz, accepted presumably within the theater and among local merchants willing to honor it.
The Adamo catalog documents these private Hungarian emergency issues methodically, but surviving examples from individual cinemas are genuinely rare; most were redeemed quickly or simply discarded once the shortage eased.