Description
Following the day when the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre is officially opened, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank will issue the commemorative version of the 100 forint circulation coin. With these coins, the Bank wishes to focus attention on the significance of financial literacy and the Money Museum as an authentic and comprehensive source of knowledge.
Inside the string of pearls in a circular legend, separated by ornamental dots the lettering ‘MAGYARORSZÁG’ (Hungary) and ‘PÉNZMÚZEUM’ (Money Museum) and the mint year ‘2022’ is seen on the outer edge of the coin.
Following the day when the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre is officially opened, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank will issue the commemorative version of the 100 forint circulation coin. With these coins, the Bank wishes to focus attention on the significance of financial literacy and the Money Museum as an authentic and comprehensive source of knowledge.
Replacing the Hungarian coat-of-arms, the thematic side features a new motif, designed by Mónika Gyuró. On the obverse, in the centre field, extending into the ring, a typical section of the building that houses the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre is shown. Above, a stylised representation of a chart, showing an upward trend, is found and four different coins are placed featuring motifs (the Anjou lily, making a reference to Hungarian gold florins from the Middle Ages, the iconic number of the one-forint coin introduced in 1946, a globe, and a pair of scales) that refer to the themes presented by the Money Museum and the general characteristics of money. Money Museum and the general characteristics of money.
Inside the string of pearls in a circular legend, separated by ornamental dots the lettering ‘MAGYARORSZÁG’ (Hungary) and ‘PÉNZMÚZEUM’ (Money Museum) and the mint year ‘2022’ is seen on the outer edge of the coin.
100 HUF, history, 2022
KD052022-02
