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Hungary: post-communist coinage

Started by <k>, June 12, 2013, 09:50:54 PM

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Saker falcon.


The saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary.

Its scientific name is Falco cherrug.
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Hungary, 50 forint, 2001.

The reverse of the coin showed the denomination.
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Hungary, 100 forint, 1992.


The 100 forint coin was made of nickel-brass.

It weighed 9.4 grams and was 29.2 mm in diameter.


The obverse featured the crowned shield of Hungary.

This 100 forint coin was issued through to 1996.
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Hungary, 100 forint, 1992.


The reverse of the coin showed the denomination.
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ANALYSIS

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Hungarian forint coins of the 1990s.


The first coins of the new free Hungary were issued in 1990. These were the 10, 20 and 50 filler coins. Their designs were retained from the old regime but the country name was now shown as REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY instead of PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY. The design themes of wheat ears, a dove and a bridge were not at all communistic, so there was no harm in keeping them. Also, the designs provided a little thematic design continuity from the old regime to the new.

The next coins were issued in 1992. These consisted of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 forint coins. All these coins had completely new obverse and reverse designs. In this way they were stylistically distinct from the filler coins. It is often the case with national coinages that the design style of the subunit coins is markedly different from that of the unit coins. This helps the public to distinguish the coins visually.

There was also a numerical logic behind the designs. The 1, 10 and 100 forint coins featured the crowned shield on the obverse. The 2 and 20 forint coins depicted a flower, whilst the 5 and 50 forint coins featured a bird. These thematic designs were modern and well unified in style.

One curiosity of the forint coins was their colours. The 1, 5, 20 and forint coins are yellow in colour, while the copper-nickel 2, 10 and 50 forint coins are "white" in colour, according to mint jargon. The coins of the communist regime also displayed these alternating colours for successive forint denominations.

See:  Coin tiers and metal colours.
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Hungary, 100 forint, 2001.


The monometallic 100 forint coin was last issued dated 1996.

In that same year a much smaller bimetallic version was issued.


The new coin weighed 8 grams and was 23.8 mm in diameter.

It had a brass-plated steel centre within a nickel-plated steel ring


The obverse featured the crowned shield of Hungary as before.

This 100 forint coin was issued through to 2011.
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Hungary 100 forint 2001-.jpg

Hungary, 100 forint, 2001.

The reverse of the coin showed the denomination.

The outer circle featured two sprigs of maize.
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DEMISE OF THE FILLER COINS

The final minting of the 10 and 20 filler coins occurred in 1996.

The final minting of the 50 filler coins occurred in 1999.

All the fillér coins were withdrawn from circulation by the end of 1999.

See:  Countries that no longer use subunit coins.
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DEMISE OF THE 1 AND 2 FORINT COINS

The final 1 and 2 forint coins were dated 2008.

The coins remained legal tender until 29 February 2008.
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Hungary, 200 forint, 2010.


Hungary added a 200 forint coin to the series in 2009.

This coin was now the highest denomination of the series.


The new 200 forint coin was bimetallic.

It weighed 9 grams and was 28.3 mm in diameter.

It had a copper-nickel centre within a nickel-brass ring


The obverse featured Budapest's iconic Chain Bridge.

This 200 forint coin was issued through to 2011.
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The Széchenyi Chain Bridge.


From Wikipedia:

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.

The bridge is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square (formerly Roosevelt Square), adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.

The bridge bears the name of István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction, but is most commonly known as the "Chain Bridge". Its decorations are made of cast iron.
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Hungary 200 forint 2010-.jpg

Hungary, 200 forint, 2010.

The reverse of the coin showed the denomination.

The vertical lines presumably suggest the bridge railings.
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Hungary: coinage of 2022.


In 2012 Hungary changed the obverse legend on its coins.

MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG was changed to MAGYARORSZÁG.

Translated, REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY was changed to simply HUNGARY.


In every other respect the coins remained the same.
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Hungary: coinage of 2022.


Here you see the reverse of the coins.

The overlapping of the numerals gives them a distinctive look.


See:  Text and fonts on Coins.
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CONCLUSION

Hungary has a modern and well designed coinage.

This brings my topic up to date.
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