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5 Korona Sokszorosító Ipar Rt., Budapest
| Issuer | Sokszorosító Ipar Részvénytársaság, Budapest |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain olive-toned paper with a subtle geometric underprint. The central design presents two large interlocking guilloche circles in brown, connected by a diamond-shaped geometric motif bearing the numeral 5 at centre. The left circle encloses a silhouette vignette of a craftsman or printer at work, while the right circle contains an interlaced monogram of the company's initials. The issuer's name SOKSZOROSÍTÓ IPAR RÉSZVT. is inscribed in two lines above and below the central device, and the legend SZÜKSÉG PÉNZE HÁZI HASZNÁLATRA (Emergency money for internal use) appears along the bottom. A serial number is printed in a rectangular panel at the top. |
| Reverse lettering | SOKSZOROSÍTÓ IPAR RÉSZVT. 5 SZÜKSÉG PÉNZE HÁZI HASZNÁLATRA |
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Sokszorosító Ipar Részvénytársaság — literally "Reproduction Industry Joint Stock Company" — was a Budapest printing firm, not a bank. Its 5 Korona note from 1921 is a commercial emergency issue, produced during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Hungary in the early postwar years as the old Austro-Hungarian Krone collapsed in value and coins vanished from circulation entirely.
These privately issued Notgeld-style pieces were technically illegal under Hungarian law but widely tolerated by authorities who had no practical alternative. The Adamo catalogue documents the series, though surviving examples in any condition are genuinely scarce — the firm had no obligation to redeem them and almost certainly did not.