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5 Korona Uránia Mozgófényképszínház, Szombathely
| Issuer | Uránia Mozgófényképszínház, Szombathely |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on cream paper, the central vignette shows a woman in period costume operating an early film projector, rendered in a bold Art Nouveau illustrative style. Two oval underprint panels at left and right each bear the denomination numeral '5' above 'korona'. The issuer's name 'URÁNIA MOZGÓFÉNYKÉPSZÍNHÁZ' runs along the top border, with 'SZOMBATHELY' along the bottom, both framed by elaborate floral and foliate letterpress borders. |
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| Reverse lettering | UTALVÁNY 5 koronáról, mely értéket ezen jegy felmutatása ellenében a szombathelyi Uránia Mozgófényképszínház pénztára szolgáltatja ki. Érvényes 1920. december hó 31-ig |
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Uránia Mozgófényképszínház — "Uránia Cinema" — was a picture house in Szombathely, a market town in western Hungary near the Austrian border. This 5 Korona chit is a szükségpénz, an emergency necessity note, issued during the acute coin shortage that gripped Hungary after the First World War. The disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian currency system left small denominations essentially unavailable, and local businesses, cinemas included, plugged the gap with their own printed scrip.
A cinema issuing currency is unusual enough to warrant notice. These pieces functioned as change tokens redeemable at the venue, not legal tender — which is precisely why so few were treated with any care by their recipients.