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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