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20 Fillér Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek Rt., Budapest
| Issuer | Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek R.-T., Budapest |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green note with a decorative border composed of repeated corner vignettes bearing the value "20 FILL." The central text area carries the heading "Bérjegy." (wage note) in bold letterpress, followed by the issuer's full name and a redemption clause stating the note will be redeemed upon presentation, with the denomination expressed both numerically as "20 fillért" and in words as "Husz fillért". The validity date "Érvényes 1919 szeptember 30-ig." and the issuer's name appear in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint "KULTÚRA BPEST." at the lower right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sorozat Szám Bérjegy. A NEMZETI EGYESÜLT TEXTILMŰVEK R.-T. megtéríti ezen bérjegy átadása ellenében 20 fillért azaz: Husz fillért Érvényes 1919 szeptember 30-ig. Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek R.-T. KULTÚRA BPEST. |
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This is a Hungarian factory note — a magánpénz issued by Nemzeti Egyesült Textilművek, a textile manufacturing company, during the acute small-change famine that gripped Hungary in 1919. The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy left the successor states scrambling for circulating coinage; in its absence, hundreds of industrial firms, municipalities, and cooperatives printed their own fractional paper. Textile mills were among the most prolific issuers, partly because they had large workforces demanding wages in usable denominations.
Printed by Kultúra in Budapest, a press responsible for a notable share of this emergency corporate scrip. The Ambrus catalogue remains the primary reference for Hungarian notgeld of this type, and this piece carries a relatively specific attribution at II#1379.