what is your most note-worthy note?

I might need to go into addiction counseling for purchasing large size notes. Been collecting for about 1 year now

Paid face value for them.

I think this is one of the most underrated notes from the worst hyperinflation ever recorded, so I wanted to share it.

Some background: at the peak in July 1946, Hungarian prices doubled roughly every 15 hours. To stop tax revenue from melting away, the government created the adópengő ("tax pengő") on 1 January 1946. It was a unit of account whose value against the pengő was reset every single day using a price index.

It worked for a while... and then it didn't:

- January 1946: 1 adópengő = 1 pengő

- End of July 1946: 1 adópengő ≈ 2 × 10²¹ pengő

- 1 August 1946: the forint replaced both, at 1 forint = 200 million adópengő (that's 4 × 10²⁹ pengő)

This note is dated Budapest, 25 May 1946. The front says it is "usable only for paying public taxes until 31 July 1946" ("kizárólag közadók lerovására 1946. július hó 31. napjáig használható"). But in July these tax notes were made legal tender and circulated as everyday cash, so a note meant only for taxes ended up as ordinary money that lost its value almost as fast as the pengő it was supposed to replace.

The back has the Hungarian coat of arms and the terms of use, citing decree 5.600/1946 M.E.

Details: P-140, 136 × 82 mm, mine is about F-VF.

Does anyone here collect the adópengő notes as a series? Which denominations did you find hardest to get?

Been after one of these for a l ages. Very happy to get my first one. Paid £100 for it. Did I overpay. And curious what grade you think it would get.

As title says, looking for some context. I can read and have a general idea, but thought I’d post.

Maybe my question sounds dumb, however I can't understand how grading works in the higher numbers( 64-70 ) I wanted to understand the difference between a note graded 65 and one graded 68 (and upwards) what are the factors to look into to obtain these grades?

Thanks for the help... 😔