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Hungary Hyperinflation Banknotes
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1,000,000 Korona, 1923
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This note is not in my collection. Scans courtesy of Vaido Lillemaa.
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100 Million Milpengo, (American 100 Trillion Pengo) 1946
(100,000,000,000,000 Pengo)
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10,000 B-Pengo, (American 10 Quadrillion Pengo) 1946
(10,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo)
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100 Million B-Pengo, (American 100 Quintillion Pengo) 1946
(100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo)
World's highest denomination ever issued
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1 Milliard B-Pengo, (American 1 Sextillion Pengo) 1946
(1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo
World's highest denomination ever printed (not issued)
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Money for the Trash
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Hungary 1946 - Banknotes were so worthless that they were discarded like trash.
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Hungary was hit by the same post-WWI hyperinflation that was
rampaging in neighboring Austria and Germany. Before 1920, the highest
denomination was 10,000 Korona. By 1923, it was 1,000,000 Korona. In the 1925
currency reform, 1 Pengo was exchanged for 12,500 Korona.
Hungary again suffered the worst inflation in modern history immediately
after WWII. Before 1945, the highest denomination was 1,000 Pengo. By mid-1946,
the highest denomination in circulation was 100 Million B-Pengo
(100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo).
Adopengo (tax pengo) was introduced between January and July 1946. Initially,
it was used for tax and postal payments, but later was also used concurrent
with Pengo for general circulation. The value of the adopengo was adjusted each
day, by radio announcement. On January 1, 1946 one adopengo equaled one pengo.
By late July, one adopengo equaled 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo. The
highest denomination issued was 100,000,000 Adopengo.
In the mid-1946 currency reform, 1 Forint was exchanged for
400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo. Forint is now pegged to Euro.
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