the hungarian economy remained susceptible to escalating inflation and was largely disorganized until march 1924 when the league of nations agreed to the financial reconstruction plan. under this plan the league would lend hungary a sum of about 250 million gold crowns in an attempt to help stabilize hungarian currency and help balance the budget. the budget was finally balanced in 1924/25 followed by a stabilizing of the economy. on 1 january 1927, the government introduced a new currency, the pengő, which equaled 12,500 paper crowns.