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5 Forint London
| Issuer | Hungarian Revolutionary Government (Kossuth) |
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| Year | 1860-1861 |
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| Currency | Florin (decimalized, 1857-1892) |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Gulden. Pět zlaty. Öt forint Ezen pénzjegy minden magyar álladalmni és közpénztárakban öt ezüst forint gyánánt, három huszast egy forintra számítva elfogadtatik 's teljes névszerinti értéke a' közállomány által biztosittatik A nemzet nevében Чинч флорінти. Пять форінти. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Lajos Kossuth printed these notes in London as part of a broader scheme to finance a second Hungarian uprising against Habsburg rule — one that never materialized. The émigré government in exile had no territory, no central bank, and no army, yet produced a full currency series intended for use the moment insurrection broke out. The watermarked paper was sourced and printed in England, well beyond Habsburg reach.
The notes were never legally tendered anywhere. Kossuth distributed quantities of them during his American and European fundraising tours, which means surviving examples passed through many hands as political objects rather than monetary ones — closer to pamphlets than banknotes.