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50 Fillér Ugocsai Világítási Rt., Nagyszőllős
| Issuer | Ugocsai Világítási Rt. (Ugocsa Lighting Company), Nagyszőllős |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Krone (1919-1926) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-green tinted emergency currency note with a plain border frame. The word ÉRTÉKJEGY (value note) is printed in bold letterpress at the top, with the large numeral 50 in the centre, beneath which a faint red underprint repeats the denomination. The remaining text, in Hungarian cursive script, states that the note is redeemable for lawful currency at the cashier of Ugocsai Világítási R.T., valid until 15 November 1919, with NAGYSZŐLLŐS printed in bold at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Orange and brown tinted reverse with elaborate ornamental scroll borders in a folk-art style. The issuer's name UGOCSAI VILÁGÍTÁSI R.T. NAGYSZŐLLŐS is printed in bold block lettering across the centre field, with a small circular vignette in the middle. The denomination 50 fillér appears in two cartouches at the lower left and lower right corners. |
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Ugocsai Világítási Rt. was a regional utility company — a gas or electric lighting concern — operating in Nagyszőllős, a small town in Ugocsa County that would pass from Hungary to Romania and eventually to Czechoslovakia within months of this note's issue. In the chaotic interregnum of 1919, when Hungarian currency supply collapsed amid revolution, counter-revolution, and territorial dismemberment, utility companies, factories, and cooperatives across the collapsing kingdom began issuing their own small-denomination paper tokens to make change where coins had vanished entirely.
The Adamo MSZK catalogue classifies it as a szükségpénz — emergency necessity money — rather than any formally sanctioned scrip.