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2 Korona Világítási és Vízmű Rt., Székesfehérvár
| Issuer | Világítási és Vízmű Részvénytársaság, Székesfehérvár |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple on a pink ground covered with a dense diamond-pattern guilloche underprint. The issuer's name is set in bold capitals across the top, with the denomination KÉT KORONA in large display type below. A central cartouche encloses the numeral 2 flanked by ornamental flourishes, while a text panel beneath carries the terms-of-use legend and validity date. A detachable coupon at the right margin repeats the denomination KÉT KORONA and the numeral 2 in a ruled box above the serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | VILÁGÍTÁSI ÉS VÍZMŰ RÉSZVÉNYTÁRSASÁG KÉT KORONA 2 Ezen utalvány kizárólag a Világítási és Vízmű Részvénytársaság székesfehérvári építkezésénél használható fel törvényes pénz gyanánt. Érvényes 1920. augusztus hó 31-ig. KÉT KORONA 240 |
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Székesfehérvár's Lighting and Waterworks Joint Stock Company — a municipal utility — issued emergency scrip during the acute coin shortage that followed Hungary's post-war economic dislocation. Utility companies, merchants, and local governments across the former Kingdom all resorted to the same solution in 1919–1921: print your own small-denomination paper because the state simply could not supply enough coinage. The Adamo MSZK catalogue documents dozens of these provincial emissions, and the Székesfehérvár series is among the better-documented utility issues.
The 2 Korona denomination sits at a practical everyday value — tram fares, small purchases — which means these circulated hard and survivors in clean condition are genuinely uncommon.