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5000 Korona

Issuer Hungarian Royal Ministry of Finance
Year 1923
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Value 5000 Crowns (Koronás)
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Obverse lettering ÖTEZER KORONA
EZ AZ ÁLLAMJEGY, A MELY MAGYARORSZÁG FÜGGŐ ADÓSSÁGÁNAK RÉSZE, A TÖRVÉNY-HATÁROZATAIHOZ KÉPEST MINDENKI ÁLTAL VALAMINT MINDEN KÖZPÉNZTÁRNÁL FIZETÉSKÉPP TELJES NÉVÉRTÉKBEN ELFOGADANDÓ.
BUDAPEST, 1923. ÉVI JULIUS HÓ 1-ÉN.
PÉNZÜGYMINISTER
AZ ÁLLAMJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA A TÖRVÉNY SZERINT BÜNTETTETIK
Magyar Pénzjegynyomda Rt. Budapest
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Reverse lettering CINCI MII COROANE
FÜNFTAUSEND KRONENE
ÖTEZER KORONA
PÁT TISÍC KORÚN
ПЕТ ХИЉАДА КРУНА
ПЯТЬТИСЯЧЪ КОРУНЪ
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By 1923, Hungary was deep in the hyperinflationary spiral that followed the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the punishing terms of the Treaty of Trianon. The Hungarian Royal Ministry of Finance — not a central bank — was issuing currency directly, a structural abnormality that reflected just how thoroughly the old monetary architecture had collapsed. The 5000 Korona was a high denomination by prewar standards; by the time most of these notes reached circulation, it barely covered basic transactions.

Magyar Pénzjegynyomda had been established precisely to give Hungary domestic printing capacity after the break with Vienna. The korona itself would be replaced by the pengő in 1927, rendering the entire series obsolete within a few years of issue.

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