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20 Kreuzers Rozsnyó
| Issuer | Rozsnyó város (City of Rozsnyó) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Reference(s) | Ambrus#276 |
| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed by letterpress on unadorned paper, framed by a simple rectangular border composed of repeating chain-link ornamental elements. The denomination numeral "20" is set at the top centre beneath a symmetrical scrollwork vignette of floral and foliate motifs. The body of the note carries multi-line Hungarian text in mixed roman and italic typefaces, with the value line "húsz pengő krajczárra" rendered in a noticeably larger bold italic font. The issue date "Kelt Rozsnyón 1849 Augustus 29." appears at the lower centre, accompanied by two manuscript handwritten signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and shows plain uncoated paper bearing the blind embossed impression of the obverse letterpress type and ornamental border, visible as a mirror-image relief. The surface exhibits natural aging consistent with the 1849 date of issue, including fold lines and scattered foxing. |
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Rozsnyó (today Rožňava, Slovakia) was one of dozens of Hungarian municipal authorities that issued emergency small-change notes during the revolutionary period of 1848–49, when the Hungarian independence government's war expenditures drained metallic coin from circulation almost entirely. These local Kreuzers notes had no formal legal backing beyond the issuing town's own authority and were accepted purely on local trust.
The Ambrus catalog documents this as issue #276 — the high number reflects just how many distinct Hungarian municipal and institutional emergency notes circulated during that single turbulent year.