pengő

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The pengő was the former Hungarian currency used primarily between the World Wars and during World War II, notorious for experiencing one of the worst hyperinflations in history.

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Label Occurrences
pengő canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
former currency ⓘ
category Currencies of Hungary ⓘ
Obsolete currencies ⓘ
centralBank Magyar Nemzeti Bank ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
currencyCode HUP ⓘ
dateAbolished 1946 ⓘ
1946-07-31 ⓘ
dateIntroduced 1927 ⓘ
1927-01-01 ⓘ
denominationSystem pengő and fillér ⓘ
economicContext post-World War I economic instability ⓘ
post-World War II economic crisis ⓘ
exchangeToForintContext post-hyperinflation stabilization ⓘ
hadBanknotes yes ⓘ
hadCoins yes ⓘ
historicalEra interwar Hungary ⓘ
postwar Hungary ⓘ
hyperinflationPeakYear 1946 ⓘ
issuer Hungarian National Bank ⓘ
linked to: Magyar Nemzeti Bank
languageOfName Hungarian ⓘ
linked to: Hungarian language
legalTenderIn Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
monetaryReform 1946 Hungarian currency reform ⓘ
notableFor hyperinflation ⓘ
one of the worst hyperinflations in history ⓘ
periodOfUse World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
predecessorCurrency korona ⓘ
reasonForReplacement extreme hyperinflation ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
replaced Hungarian korona ⓘ
replacedBy Hungarian forint ⓘ
replacedByCurrency forint ⓘ
replacedCurrency Austro-Hungarian krone ⓘ
scriptOfName Latin alphabet ⓘ
subunit fillér ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 fillér = 1 pengő ⓘ
successorCurrency forint ⓘ
successorCurrencyCountry Hungary ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
usedDuringPoliticalEntity Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hungary
usedIn Hungary ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

forint → introducedToReplace → pengő ⓘ
forint → replacedCurrency → pengő ⓘ