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5 Dollars New York
| Emittent | Hungarian Fund (Independent Hungarian Government) |
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| Jahr | 1852 |
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| Nennwert | 5 Dollars |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse is printed in black intaglio on white paper and bears the central legend HUNGARIAN FUND. in large ornate lettering, flanked on the left by a standing male figure in period dress and on the right by a classical female allegorical figure holding a shield bearing the Hungarian arms. At upper center, the Hungarian coat of arms with a patriotic trophy of cannon and flags is set between two circular guilloche medallions carrying the numeral 5, with additional numeral vignettes at upper right in a starburst frame. The text body reads a promise to pay Five Dollars on demand, one year after the establishment of the Independent Hungarian Government, signed in manuscript at lower right, with the date line reading Dated at New York, January 1, 1852. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain white paper surface consistent with the single-sided printing technique employed for this issue; faint ink offset from the obverse impression is visible across the sheet. |
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The Hungarian Fund notes were issued by Lajos Kossuth's government-in-exile following the failed 1848–49 revolution against Habsburg rule. Kossuth toured the United States in 1851–52 to enormous public enthusiasm, and these dollar-denominated notes were intended to raise funds for a renewed independence campaign — payable, in theory, once a free Hungarian government was restored. They were sold to American sympathizers more as political instruments than as conventional currency.
Bancroft, Hanks & Co. was a respectable New York security printer of the period. Whether the fund ever redeemed a single note is another matter entirely.