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The 200 forint coin was made of .500 fine silver until 1994, when the price of the metal rose higher than the coin's face value. However, small issues for collectors were minted until 1998, when both the 1992 type 100 and 200 forint coins were withdrawn from circulation. The 1 and 2 Forint coins were withdrawn from circulation on March 1, 2008 ...
In 1946, coins were introduced in denominations of 2, 10, 20 fillérs and 1, 2, 5 forints. The silver 5 forint coin was reissued only in the next year; later it was withdrawn from circulation. Five and 50 fillérs coins were issued in 1948. In 1967, a 5 forint coin was reintroduced, followed by a 10 forint in 1971 and 20 forint in 1982.
The Hungarian Mint (Hungarian: Magyar Pénzverő) is a government owned mint that produces circulating coins for Hungary. As a private company the mint is wholly owned by the Hungarian National Bank and is the sole body responsible for minting coins of the Hungarian forint. As well as minting circulating coins for use domestic the mint also ...
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The minting of coins was from the beginning a royal prerogative in the Kingdom of Hungary. [1] The first Hungarian coins were struck during the reign of Stephen I who was crowned the first king of Hungary in 1000 or 1001. [1] [2] His coins were minted after Bavarian patterns. [2] [3]
It was the 1 ⁄ 100 subdivision of the Austro-Hungarian and the Hungarian korona, the pengő, and the forint. The name derives from the German word vier (four). Originally, it was the name of the four-kreuzer coin. The fillér coins introduced in 1946 with the forint were worth 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 fillér. Due to significant inflation that ...
These were replaced by newly designed aluminium coins. Later the cupronickel 10, 20 and 50 fillér coins were recalled as well, moreover, even the bronze 1 and 2 fillér coins disappeared after a time. First, they were replaced by steel, later - in the case of the 2 fillér - with zinc coins. The war coins were redesigned by Lajos Berán. As ...
Commemorative 2 P and 5 P coins were also issued on anniversaries, with a non-commemorative 5 P coin issued in 1939. During the Second World War, the 1 f. coin ceased production, the 2 f. coins were issued in steel and then zinc, the 10 f. and 20 f. coins were minted in steel and the 1 P, 2 P and 5 P pieces were struck in aluminium.