Paper-based currencies and money substitutes
The collection comprises more than 30,000 items of Hungarian and foreign banknotes, emergency money (Notgeld), and paper-based money substitutes. The vast majority consists of Hungarian-related paper currencies, ranging from the paper notes issued in Hungary from the last third of the 18th century, through the Kossuth banknotes, to the most recent banknote series in circulation today. To a lesser extent, the collection also includes foreign banknotes, primarily issues from Germany and Austria, as well as smaller series of paper money from other countries. A particularly significant component of the holdings is formed by domestic emergency money, together with extensive groups of Austrian and German Notgeld.
Contact Ádám Mézes, mezes.adam@hnm.hu
