500 000 Adópengő

Features

Location	Hungary
Issuing institution	Pénzügyminisztérium (Ministry of Finance)
Period	Republic (1946-1949)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1946
Value	500 000 Adópengő (500 000)
Currency	Adopengo (1946)
Composition	Paper
Size	136 × 82 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	31 July 1946
Number	N# 208464
References	P# 139 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Adamo MBK2# P52 István Adamovszky, Jr.; 2022. Magyar Bankjegy Katalógus 1926-2022 = Hungarian Banknote Catalog 1926-2022 (2^nd). Adamo, Budapest, Hungary.

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Obverse

Ornate border.
Gray/blue note.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ADÓJEGY
ÖTSZÁZEZER
ADÓPENGŐRŐL

Kizárólag közadók lerovására
1946. Julius hó 31. napjáig használható

Translation:
Tax voucher for 500,000 tax pengő
To be used until 31st of July, 1946, for payment of debts of communal taxes.

Designer: Endre Horváth

Reverse

Arms under terms and conditions

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Ezt az adójegyet kizárólag azoknak az adó-
pengőben kivetett közadóknak a lerovására
lehet felhasználni, amelyeknél azt a pénz-
ügyminiszter 5.600/1946. M.E. számú rendelet-
ben kapott felhatalmazás alapján engedélyezi.
A túloldalon jelzett felhasználási határidő
lejártával ez az adójegy érvényét veszti s az
érvényességi határidőig adólerovásra fel nem
használt adójegy alapján az államkincstárral
szemben követelést támasztani nem lehet.

Translation: This tax note may be used to pay public taxes levied in the tax pengo which the Minister of Finance authorized by Prime Ministerial Decree No. 5.600/1946. Upon expiration of the deadline date indicated on the other side, this tax note becomes invalid and no claim can be made against the state treasury on the basis of a tax note not used for tax payment before the expiry date.

Designer: Endre Horváth

Comments

Although originally intended to act as tax vouchers with a sliding exchange rate to the rapidly declining pengő, these notes were issued in large numbers and came to circulate as normal currency, largely replacing the pengő but also suffering from hyperinflation.
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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1946-May-25						P-139a: Gray Paper with serial number	9%
1946-May-25	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	P-139b: White paper with no serial number	89%

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	Katz Auction 151 Lot 1458	25 Feb 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 589	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	AU	Unsold
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