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50 Korona Pápa
| Issuer | Pápai Takarékpénztár, Pápa városi és vidéki Takarékpénztár, Pápai Közgazdasági Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured note with a simple letterpress layout. The large central heading reads 'Csekk' (cheque), below which the denomination '50.- K' is stated in bold, followed by the full Hungarian text specifying the value as fifty koronás and listing the accepting financial institutions. The issue date 'Pápa, 1919. évi május hó 8-án' appears in the lower central area, with the serial number and series designation 'E sorozat.' printed in the upper margin; multiple manuscript signatures of the directorate of Pápa town and district financial institutions appear at the bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | E sorozat. Csekk 50.- K, azaz Ötven koronáról, melyet alanti pénzintézetek bármelyike az átadótól fizetésképen elfogad. Pápa, 1919. évi május hó 8-án. Pápai Takarékpénztár. Pápa városi és vidéki Takarékpénztár. Pápai Közgazdasági Bank. Pápa város és járás pénzintézeteinek direktóriuma: |
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This 50 Korona note is one of several emergency issues produced locally in Pápa during 1919, when the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system and the chaos of the Hungarian Soviet Republic left provincial towns without adequate circulating currency. Three separate Pápa institutions jointly guaranteed it — the savings bank, the municipal and rural savings bank, and the commercial bank — an unusual tripartite arrangement that reflects just how improvised the local response to that monetary breakdown was.
Printed in Pápa itself rather than Budapest, production quality was necessarily limited. Notes of this type frequently show uneven inking and rough trimming.