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         >> The banknotes of Hungary in circulation in Zakarpatye Ukraine. 1939 – 1944.
BANKNOTES OF HUNGARY,
issued in 1941 – 1944.

Monetary system (1925 – 1944):
100 Fillers = 1 Pengö.

Zakarpattia was part of Kingdom of Hungary, later Austria-Hungary until the latter's demise at the end of World War I. This region was briefly part of the short-lived West Ukrainian National Republic in 1918 and occupied by Romania at end of that year. It was later recaptured by Hungary in the summer of 1919. Finally, it joined the newly formed Czechoslovakia as Subcarpathian Rus, of which it formed one of the four main regions, the others being Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Zakarpattia as part of the territory claimed by West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918).
During the World War II German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the southern part of the region was awarded to Hungary under the First Vienna Award in 1938. The remaining portion was constituted as an autonomous region of the short-lived Second Czecho-Slovak Republic. After the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939 and the Slovak declaration of an independent state, Ruthenia declared its independence (Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine) but was immediately occupied and later annexed by Hungary.
During the German occupation of Hungary in 1944, almost the entire Jewish population was deported; few survived the Holocaust. When the Soviet Army crossed the pre-1938 borders of Czechoslovakia in 1944, Soviet authorities refused to allow Czechoslovak governmental officials to resume control over the region, and in June 1945, President Edvard Beneš formally signed a treaty ceding the area to the Soviet Union. It was then incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it became part of independent Ukraine as Zakarpattia Oblast.

You can see banknotes of Hungarian National Bank (MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK), issued in 1939 – 1944. The banknotes were in circulation in Zakarpatye Ukraine.
The banknotes, withdrawn till March 18, 1939 weren't in circulation in that territory: 5 Pengö (issued in 1926 and 1928), 10 Pengö (issued in 1926), 50 Pengö (issued in 1926) and 100 Pengö (issued in 1926).

16.01.2010.

		Material: Paper Denomination: 1 Pengö Year: 1938 Description: Face side: The background of the note is ornamented, with narrow white margins. In the left part of the ornamented background there is a shield with coat of arms of Hungary and Transylvania. In the right part – there is a woman portrait in round frame, above and beneath it – face value 1 in oval frame. In the upper part of the note there is face value: EGY PENGÖ, beneath – information about emission: BUDAPEST, 1938. ÉVI JANUÁR HÓ 15-ÉN / MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK, under it – the signatures of administrator, president of the bank and director general (Gróf Somssich László, Imrédi Béla, Baranyai Lipót). Under the name of the bank there is series, beneath – 6 digit serial number. Back side: The background of the note is ornamented, with narrow white margins. In the left part of the ornamented background there is abbreviation of Hungarian National bank (MNB) in the round frame. In the right part there is face value 1 in oval frame and face value in five languages – German, Slovak, Rusyn, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian. In the center of the note between frames there is face value: EGY PENGÖ, beneath – warning about punished for falsification of banknotes in two lines. Date of printing: January 15, 1938. Dimensions: 100 х 57 mm. 6 digit serial number, red color, the series is designated by one capital letter and three figures. Designers – Franke Ruppert, Lesch Ferenc. In Zakarpatye Ukraine the banknote was in circulation from January 20, 1941 till March 10, 1942. There is: – The banknote of same deign, issued in 1938, with sign * before series. The note was printed in 1944 – 1945 during Ferenc Szálasi rule. FMM hasn’t got this paper note yet. Image from www.papirpenz.hu Country or town: Hungary
		Material: Paper Denomination: 2 Pengö Year: 1940 Description: Face side: The background of the note is ornamented, with white margins. In the left allonge there is the shield with coat of arms of Hungary and Transylvania. In the upper part of the ornamented background there is face value: KÉT PENGÖ, beneath – information about emission: MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK / BUDAPEST, 1940. ÉVI JÚLIUS HÓ 15-ÉN, under it – the signatures of administrator, president of the bank and director general (B. Radvánszky Albert, Baranyia Lipót, Quandt Richárd). Beneath – face value 2 in round frame within vegetable pattern. In the left part of the note there is face value 2 in vignette, in the right part – there is girls head in national costume. In the bottom part of the note there is warning about punished for falsification of banknotes in one line. Back side: The background of the note is ornamented, with white margins. In the right allonge there is vignette. In the center of the ornamented background there is a woman in national costume with baby on her hands, to the left and to the right – face value 2 in vignette. Beneath – face value in six languages – Hungarian, German, Slovak, / Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Rusyn. In the left part of the background – series, in the right – 6 digit serial number. Date of printing: July 15, 1940. Dimensions: 115 х 58 mm. 6 digit serial number, red color, the series is designated by one capital letter and three figures. Designers – Horváth Endre, Moskó Kálmán, Opl János. In Zakarpatye Ukraine the banknote was in circulation from January 20, 1941 till March 10, 1942. FMM hasn’t got this paper note yet. Image from www.papirpenz.hu Country or town: Hungary
		Material: Paper Denomination: 5 Pengö Year: 1938 Description: Face side: The background of the note is ornamented, with narrow white margins. In the left part of the ornamented background there is the shield with coat of arms of Hungary and Transylvania. In the right part there is a girl's head in round frame. Between frames there is face value: ÖT PENGÖ, beneath beneath – information about emission: BUDAPEST, 1938. ÉVI JANUÁR HÓ 15-ÉN / MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK, under it – the signatures of administrator, president of the bank and director general (Gróf Somssich László, Imrédi Béla, Baranyai Lipót). Beneath signatures there is warning about punished for falsification of banknotes in two lines. In the right upper corner of the background there is face value 5. Back side: The background of the note is ornamented, with narrow white margins. In the central part there is face value: 5 PENGÖ, above – face value: ÖT PENGÖ. To the left and to he right – semicircular face value in six languages – Hungarian, Romanian, Rusyn / German, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian. In the upper corners – face value 5, in the left bottom corner – series, in the right bottom corner – 6 digit serial number. Date of printing: January 15, 1938. Dimensions: 120 х 65 mm. 6 digit serial number, red color, the series is designated by one capital letter and three figures. Designers – Franke Ruppert, Opl János. In Zakarpatye Ukraine the banknote was in circulation from November 5, 1938 till July 31, 1939. FMM hasn’t got this paper note yet. Image from www.papirpenz.hu Country or town: Hungary
Click to enlarge!		Material: Paper Denomination: 5 pengö Year: 1939 Description: Face side: The background of the note is ornamented. In the left allonge there is face value 5 in vignette, above – series А 221, beneath – 6 digit serial number 066307. To the left on the ornamented background there is face value: ÖT PENGÖ, beneath – information about emission: MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK / BUDAPEST, 1939. ÉVI OKTÓBER HÓ 25-ÉN, under it – the signatures of administrator, president of the bank and director general (Láng Gusztáv, Baranyai Lipót, Quandt Richárd). In the left part of the ornamented background there is the shield with coat of arms of Hungary and Transylvania. In the right part – a girl's head in frame. Beneath there is warning about punished for falsification of banknotes in two lines. Back side: The background of the note is ornamented. In the right allonge there is face value 5 in ornamental pattern. In the center of the note – a youth playing the lute. Beneath there are face value in six languages in two lines – Hungarian, German, Serbo-Croatian / Slovak, Rusyn, Romanian. In the upper corners – face value 5. Date of printing: October 25, 1939. Dimensions: 120 х 53 mm. 6 digit serial number, red color, the series is designated by one capital letter and three figures. Designers – Horváth Endre, Moskó Kálmán, Lesch Ferenc. In Zakarpatye Ukraine the banknote was in circulation from March 18, 1940 till August 5, 1942. Country or town: Hungary
		Material: Paper Denomination: 10 Pengö Year: 1929 Description: Face side: The background of the note is ornamented. In the upper part of the note there is series (to the left) and 6 digit serial number (to the right). In the center of the ornamented background there is face value: TÍZ PENGÖ, beneath – information about emission: BUDAPEST, 1929. ÉVI FEBRUÁR HÓ 1-ÉN / MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK, under it – the signatures of administrator, president of the bank and director general (Beck Marcell, Popovics Sándor, Schóber Béla). Beneath there is wavy line with warning about punished for falsification of banknotes. In the left part of the ornamented background there is ornamental pattern with face value: 10 / TÍZ PENGÖ, divided by coat of arms of Hungary and Transylvania. In the right part in oval frame there is a portrait of Ferenc Deák, (1803 – 1876), a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. The frame enclosed by stylized face value: TÍZ PENGÖ, beneath there is inscriptions: DEÁK FERENC and 1803 – 1876. Back side: The background of the note is ornamented. In the left part of the ornamented background there is face value: 10 PENGÖ in vignette, in the right part – Parliament House at Budapest. Above and beneath it – face value in six languages – Hungarian, German, Slovak / Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Rusyn. To the right – face value 10 in vignette. Date of printing: February 1, 1929. Dimensions: 160 х 80 mm. 6 digit serial number, green color, the series is designated by one capital letter and three figures. Designers – Jaschik Álmos, Moskó Kálmán, Opl János, Lesch Ferenc, Franke Ruppert. In Zakarpatye Ukraine the banknote was in circulation from December 11, 1929 till November30, 1939. FMM hasn’t got this paper note yet. Image from www.papirpenz.hu Country or town: Hungary

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