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20 Filler Pesti Hirlap
| Issuer | Pesti Hirlap (Budapest) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | PESTI HIRLAP KÉPES UJSÁG 20 FILLÉR Érdekes Ujság LEGJOBB KÖNYVEK Ezen utalványt a Pesti Hirlap pénztára (V. ker., Vilmos császár-ut 78. sz. és VII. ker., Erzsébet-körut 1. sz.) bármikor 20 fillér értékben törvényes készpénzre váltja be. Ezen utalvány jogosulatlan utánzása a fennálló büntetőtörvényeink értelmében büntetés alá esik. |
| Reverse description | Plain typographic reverse, printed without serial numbers, in a layout mirroring the obverse. The spelled-out denomination 'HUSZ FILLÉR' appears in bold capitals at both the upper left and upper right corners, flanking the central bold numeral '20 FILLÉR' in dark blue. The issuer name 'PESTI HIRLAP' and 'KÉPES UJSÁG' are positioned to the left, with 'Érdekes Ujság' and 'LEGJOBB KÖNYVEK' to the right, and the full Hungarian redemption and anti-counterfeiting text is repeated across the lower half. |
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Pesti Hírlap was a major Hungarian newspaper, and during the severe coin shortage of 1919–1920 it issued these small-denomination fillér notes as emergency money — szükségpénz — for use among its readership and staff. Newspaper-issued notgeld of this kind was not unique to Hungary in the postwar chaos, but the Pesti Hírlap pieces are among the more cleanly printed examples from a Budapest commercial source rather than a municipal authority.
The Adamo catalog remains the standard reference for Hungarian szükségpénz, though valuations for minor issuers like this one shift considerably depending on surviving population.