Archive – Hungary
Hungarian mint issues Commemorative Coin in honor of Dezsö Kosztolányi
On March 29th, 2010 the Hungarian Mint has issued a new commemorative coin in honor of the Hungarian poet, Dezsö Kosztolányi you would celebrate his 125th birthday in 2010...
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Hungary issues new Commemorative Coin
Hungary will issue a new commemorative coin on the occasion of the 30th European Championships in Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water... [ more ]
Hungary issues new Commemorative Coin
Hungary issues a new commemorative coin on the admonishments of king St. Stephen to his son St. Emeric. One of the most eminent Hungarian historians writes about the medieval background... [ more ]
Hungarian Commemorative Coin honors the inventor of the biro
On September 29th, 2010 the Hungarian National Bank issued a new commemorative coin. It is dedicated to Lászlo József Biro the inventor of the biro... [ more ]
Hungary issues new Commemorative Coin
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central bank of Hungary) will issue the last two new silver collector coins of 2010 on November, 6th. The topic is the 200th anniversary of Ferenc Erkel, the composer of the Hungarian national anthem.... [ more ]
New Issue of the Hungarian Mint
January 11, 2011 the Hungarian mint has issued a new commemorative coin dedicated to Anyos Jedlik and the principle of the self-excitation in 1861... [ more ]
New Issue of the Hungarian Mint
January 12, 2011 the Hungarian mint has issued a new commemorative coin on the occasion of the Hungarian EU-Presidency 2011...
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Wooden masks and black storks – The Hungarian Central Bank issues new coins in April
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank issued three silver coins in the month of April celebrating a festivity of major importance for the whole country, a great poet, and Hungary’s magnificent Danube National Park...
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The Deák tér Lutheran Church of Budapest
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank is issuing a silver collector coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the consecration of the Lutheran Church of Deák tér in Budapest. It is the fourth coin of the series “Masterpieces of the Hungarian ecclesiastical architecture”... [ more ]
The engineer and the politician
On August 6, 2011 the Hungarian Mint has issued a silver coin in memory of István Bibó, Hungarian Minister, writer and lawyer. On 14th August a gold collector coin was be released in the series “The smallest gold coin of the world” on occasion of the 200th anniversary of Adam Clark’s birth. The Scottish engineer supervised the building of the bridge between Buda and Pest... [ more ]
Hungary Commemorates 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Liszt
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank issued two commemorative coins, one in gold and one as piedfort, to honor Franz Liszt. The great Austro-Hungarian composer was a student of Chopin and Paganini, and was born 200 years ago in an Hungarian village... [ more ]
Two new collector coins from Hungary
The Central Bank of Hungary issues two new collector silver coins. One of them is dedicated to “The Tragedy of Men” written by Imre Madach. The other coin is part of the programme “European Artists” and celebrates the 125th birthday of the sculptor and artist Jozsef Remenyi. [ more ]
Hungarian coin honors the writer István Örkény
István Örkény was the creator of world-class Hungarian grotesque prose. In honour of the 100th anniversary of his birth the Hungarian Mint has issued a collector coin being part of the series “Great Figures of Hungarian Literature”. [ more ]
Coin commemorates first Hungarian satellite
Masat-1 (the name derives from MAgyar and SATellite) was the first satellite built completely by Hungarians. The Hungarian Mint has issued a collector coin on that occasion... [ more ]
The first golden florin on a collector coin
On June 15, 2012 the Hungarian Mint issued a gold collector coin that reproduces in its centre a historic gold florin of King Charles I (1301-1342). This is the first coin in the series “Gold Florins of Medieval Hungary”. [ more ]
Hungarian coins on Olympic Games
In occasion of the Olympics Summer Games in London the Central Bank of Hungary issues a gold and a silver collector coin dedicated to the most successful disciplines of the country: the kayak and canoe sprint on still water. The gold coin is one of the world’s smallest. [ more ]
100 years Hungarian Scout Association marked in silver
Marking the centennial anniversary of the Hungarian Scout Association, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank issued a collector coin with a matching 100 forint denomination. The official logo of the organisation – a lily with the Hungarian holy crown – is depicted on the obverse. [ more ]
Hungary's first oval coin dedicated to Nobel Prize Winner
Hungary’s first oval coin is the first coin in a new series of Hungarian Nobel Prize Winners. The National Bank of Hungary commemorates Albert Szent-Györgyi, the Discoverer of Vitamin C, with this issue. [ more ]
Hungary honours first governor of National Bank with silver coin
The National Bank of Hungary remembers the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Sándor Popovics, First Governor of the National Bank, with a silver coin. [ more ]
Hungary issues coins on UNESCO protected táncház dance method
In 2011 the UNESCO inscribed the táncház method on the register of best safeguarding practices, as a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage. To the táncház the Central Bank of Hungary dedicates a series of silver collector coins. [ more ]