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20 Korona
| Issuer | Hungarian Royal Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 150 × 90 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN ZWANZIG KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2. JÄNNER 1913 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK DVACET KORUN · DWADZIESCIA KORON · АБАНӰЦЬ КАРОП VENTI CORONE · DVAJSET KRON · DVADESET KRUNA DOUĂZECI KUPA · DOUĂZECI COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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| Protection description | Watermark with Roman numeral 'XX' |
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Hungary's post-WWI fiscal situation was dire by 1920 — the Treaty of Trianon had stripped the country of roughly two-thirds of its territory and population, and the government was printing aggressively to cover obligations the truncated state could barely sustain. This note was issued by the Royal Ministry of Finance directly, bypassing the Austro-Hungarian Bank's successor structures entirely, reflecting just how disordered the institutional framework had become after the brief Kun Soviet Republic collapsed in 1919.
Inflation was already accelerating when this series entered circulation, and higher denominations followed quickly. Within a few years the korona had collapsed entirely, replaced by the pengő in 1927.