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Country: Hungary, Republic Of Hungary
Capital: Budapest
Currency: Forint
Numeric code: 348
Letter code: HUF
Hungary, "Magyar country", with the capital – city of Budapest, is located in the Central part of Europe. Square 93030 square kilometers and a population of over 10 million people.
Since 2004 Hungary is a member state of the European Union. However, the official Hungarian currency is the Forint (HUF). One Hungarian Forint is 100 filler form. However, because of inflation, since 1999, the filler of walking already has. In the catalogue of coins of the Hungarian monetary unit is represented by a value in 1, 2, 5,10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 forints.
The word "Forint" comes from the name of the city of Florence, where at one time were minted, the gold Florin. Hungarians in their own way called him a Forint, as the Florin was the dominant currency in the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1857 to 1892.
Modern Forint in August 1946 was replaced Pengue, a former monetary unit. Then there were coins of 1, 2, 5 forints and 2, 10, 20 fillers. Speed silver 5 Forint was withdrawn from circulation. Rebuilt this denomination only in 1967, but in the alloy of copper, Nickel and zinc. In 1971, there were 10 forints, and in 1982 – 20. Coins of 50 and 100 Forint were added in 1992. Then there was the silver coin of 200 and 500 HUF, but in 1998 production ceased in connection with unprofitability: the value of coins was much lower than the cost of the silver. However, the coin of 200 forints, already of a metal alloy, was recovered in 2009, replacing the banknote of the same denomination. But the coins of 1 and 2 Forint to 2008 were fully withdrawn from circulation.
The price of the Forint of Hungary for numismatic collection ranges from $ 1.
On the coins of Hungary, and any other affected year, as well as the material from which they are made.
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