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Hungarian pengő

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Hungarian pengő

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Also known as pengő

former currency of Hungary, used 1927–1946

Key facts

Plural
pengők
Symbol
P ‎
1 000 000
milpengő
1 trillion
b.-pengő
1 100
fillér
Fill r
fillérek (note: the plural is typically not used about currency)
Freq used
50 P, 100 P, 500 P, 1 000 P, 10 000 P, 100 000 P, 1 million-P, 10 million-P, 100 million-P, 1 trillion-P, 10 000 -mil.‑P, 100 000 -mil.‑P, 1 million-mil.‑P, 10 million-mil.‑P, 100 million-mil.‑P, 1 trillion-mil.‑P, 10 000 , 100 000 , 1 million b.‑P, 10 million b.‑P, 100 million b.‑P
Rarely used
1 billion b.‑P (never issued)
Date of introduction
1 January 1927
Replaced
Hungarian korona
Replaced by
Hungarian adópengő , Hungarian forint
User s
Kingdom of Hungary , Republic of Hungary
Central bank
Hungarian National Bank
Website
www .mnb .hu
Printer
Hungarian Banknote Printing Corp.
Mint
Hungarian Mint Ltd.
Inflation
2.9 × 10 % , (annualised rate, July 1946)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
currency
Image
10 Pengo.jpg
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Commons category
Banknotes of Hungary, pengő
Commons gallery
Pengő
central bank/issuer
Hungarian National Bank
native label
Pengő
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Encyclopedic overview

The pengő (sometimes spelled as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927 , when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint. The pengő was subdivided into 100 fillér. Although the introduction of the pengő was part of a post-World War I stabilisation program, the currency survived for only 20 years and was rendered worthless by the most extreme hyperinflation ever recorded.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hungarian pengő” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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