Description
János Arany (1817-1882) was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the “Shakespeare of ballads” – he wrote more than 102 ballads been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy. Toldi is an epic poem trilogy about the life of Miklós Toldi. The trilogy’s constituting parts are: Toldi, Toldi szerelme (Toldi’s love) and Toldi estéje (Toldi’s night). It was inspired by the legendary hero called Miklós Toldi of Hungarian folklore.
Front: The front of the coin has the mandatory elements, such as the denomination 200 FORINT”, the mint mark “BP.”, the legend “MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG” and the master mark.
Back:The back has inscription ” JÁNOS ARANY: TOLDI”, and armoured knight Miklós Toldi.
Keywords:fairy tale, literature, non-ferrous metal, series, collector coin, 2001
