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.