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30 Kreuzers Treasury Note
| Issuer | Hungarian National Defense Committee (Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Size | 100 × 72 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black within a simple rectangular border and carries the anti-counterfeiting warning text in five languages: Hungarian, German, Slovak, Croatian, and Serbian (Cyrillic script). Each language states that forgers and imitators of these notes are punishable by up to eight years of imprisonment. The typography is plain letterpress with no vignette or ornamental elements beyond the outer frame. |
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| Protection description | Watermark showing the numeral "30". |
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The Országos Honvédelmi Bizottmány — the National Defense Committee led by Lajos Kossuth — issued this note during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–49, when the breakaway government needed to finance a war against Habsburg imperial forces with no established central bank behind it. The 30 krajcár denomination was a practical choice, pitched at everyday transaction value rather than the larger treasury instruments used for government payments.
Printing in Buda while the military situation remained fluid was a logistical achievement in itself. After the Russian intervention crushed the revolution in August 1849, the Habsburg authorities moved to suppress these issues entirely — holders were left with worthless paper almost overnight.