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20 Fillér Amatőrök Forgalmi Szövetkezete, Budapest
| Issuer | Amatőrök Forgalmi Szövetkezete, Budapest |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black notgeld printed in letterpress. The upper portion carries a central vignette of the Hungarian double cross rising from a crown above stylized waves, set within a Gothic arch flanked by ornamental pillars, with the denomination numeral '20' appearing on both left and right sides. The lower green panel bears the guarantee text in Hungarian in bold letterpress type, dated 1920. December hó 31-ig, with two manuscript signatures below identifying the managing director (ügyvezető igazgató) and cashier (pénztárnok). The issuer's name and address arc along the upper border within a decorative frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | AZ AMATŐRÖK FORGALMI SZÖVETKEZETE BUDAPEST IV. MAGYAR UTCA 20 FILLÉR BONT FIZETÉS GARANTÁLT EZEN HUSZT FILLÉRS ÉRTÉKBEN 1920. DECEMBER HÓ 31-IG FOGADJA EL |
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The Amatőrök Forgalmi Szövetkezete — the Amateurs' Trading Cooperative — was one of dozens of Hungarian cooperative and commercial associations that resorted to issuing their own small-denomination paper scrip during the acute coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system after 1918. By 1920, official small change had essentially vanished from circulation in Budapest, hoarded or melted, and private szükségpénz of this kind temporarily filled the gap at the local level.
The Adamo MSZK classification places this firmly within the documented Budapest cooperative scrip series, though surviving examples are infrequently traded.