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Country Hungary
Authority Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Currency Forint
Denomination 20
Issue Start Date 1947
This Notes Issue Date 24/10/1949
Type Normal
Material Paper
Width in mm 166
Height in mm 72
Signatures Jeszenszky Ferenc - Sulyok Béla - Szántó Dénes
Description Front György Dózsa (leader of a Transylvanian peasant's revolt against nobility)
Description Back Model for the note was famed pentathlete István Hegedűs who was murdered in October 1956 during Hungarian uprising. Shown here holding hammer and sheaf of wheat.
Source Paul Neumann
BNI Banknote Id 70599

Catalog & Valuation Details

SourceCatalog # / ReferenceValueDate of ValueComments
12th Ed SCWPM General Issues P-0165a $80.00 2008 UNC 
Hungary, 20 Forint, P165a

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