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5 Pengő Forint Fund note
| Issuer | Iparmütár (Hungarian Industrial Association) |
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| Year | 1847 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is headed 'IPARMÜTÁRI ALAPÍTVÁNYJEGY' in bold letterpress within an ornamental border with corner vignettes. A small architectural vignette appears at the top centre above the title. The text body, printed in Hungarian, certifies the bearer's entitlement to five pengő forint foundation rights per the association's statutes, dated Pest, January 1, 1847, with three manuscript signatures and their respective roles below. |
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| Obverse lettering | IPARMÜTÁRI ALAPÍTVÁNYJEGY Az Iparmütár ezen szabadon forgatható öt pfotos alapítvány jegy birtokosának, az alapszabályok szerinti javadalmakat biztosítja Pest Januar 1. 1847 5 pengő forint 21831 szám választ. tag választm. elnök igazgató választ. tag |
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The Iparmütár notes of 1847 are among the most politically charged quasi-monetary documents in Hungarian history. Kossuth Lajos — whose signature appears on this note — used the Hungarian Industrial Association as a vehicle for economic nationalism, promoting domestic industry against Austrian manufacturing at a moment when the broader independence movement was building toward the 1848 revolution. These fund notes functioned less as conventional currency and more as instruments of that campaign, issued to capitalize industrial development outside Habsburg financial structures.
Kossuth's presence in the signature panel is the reason collectors pursue this series at all.