Description
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank joined the international programme of Olympic coins in 1980 and has issued collector coins for every Summer Olympics since 1984. In keeping with this tradition, it is issuing coins to honour the XXXI Summer Olympic Games in Rio, designed by graphic artist Andrea Horváth, in three denominations, made of three materials. Each of the versions features the logo of the Hungarian Olympic Team and the emblem of the Hungarian Olympic Committee incorporating the number 168, in reference to the gold medals won by Hungarian Olympians. A female gymnast is depicted on the coins, and the silver and non-ferrous versions also show six key sports: gymnastics, fencing, swimming, kayaking and canoeing, wrestling and water polo.
Front: The gold collector coin with a face value of HUF 5,000 is part of the Smallest Gold Coins of the World collection. The obverse of the collector coins bears a representation of the Hungarian Team logo, the commercial logo of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, as a main motif. The compulsory design elements: the inscription ‘MAGYARORSZÁG’, the value numeral ‘5000’, the mint mark ‘BP’ and the mint year ‘2016’ also feature on the obverse.
Back:The right side of the reverse contains a representation of the female gymnast as a common motif. The inscription ‘MAGYAR OLIMPIAI CSAPAT RIO 2016’, the 168 logo supplementing the ‘Magyar Csapat’ logo as well as the initials of the designer also feature on the reverse.
Keywords:Olympics, sports, gold
