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The 200 forint note was replaced with a new 200 forint coin on 15 June 2009, [3] decorated with the Chain Bridge, as chosen in an internet poll in October 2008. [4] Reportedly, large numbers of 1 forint coins were illegally used in Canada in place of subway tokens, a highly profitable trade until the machines were reprogrammed.
The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step in the post-World War II stabilisation of the Hungarian economy, and the currency remained relatively stable until the 1980s. Transition to a market economy in the early 1990s adversely affected the value of the forint; inflation peaked at 35% in 1991.
The pengő (Hungarian: [ˈpɛŋɡøː]; sometimes spelled as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927, when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint.
8 forint / 20 frank 21 mm "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", Middle coat of arms, value, year of minting 1870 "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", Middle coat of arms (including Fiume), value, year of minting 1890 Coins of Hungary – bullion gold coins 1 dukát 19.75 mm "FERENCZ J. A. CSÁSZÁR" 9, standing I Ferenc József, mintmark "MAGYAR ORSZÁG AP.
These banknotes were marked with a star in the serial number (1 pengő notes of 1938 with a star in the serial number are not Veszprém issues), and are much less common than those without it. Some of the 100 P banknotes were overstamped with a 1,000 P adhesive stamp – these were later replaced by the 1,000 P note of 1943.
1 August 1946 31 March 1948 31 March 1948 100 Ft 158 × 72 mm Dark blue Mrs. János Tőkés (Ms. Gizella Várszegi), an employee of the Banknote Printing Office, posed for the illustration Hands holding a hammer and ears of wheat 3 June 1946 7 August 1946 1 May 1951 31 December 1948 These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre.
The banknotes (1, 2, 25 and 200 crowns) printed in Budapest under the Károlyi government and then under the Hungarian Soviet Republic were distinguished with a different serial number (1 K: higher than 7000; 2 K: higher than 7000; 25 K: higher than 3000; 200 K: higher than 2000). After the fall of the Soviet Republic, Vienna declared these ...
The 10- and 20 fillér coins did circulate until the early '90s, and were removed in 1996. The last fillér coin, the 50 fillér (0.5 forint), was removed from circulation in 1999. [3] However, the fillér continues to be used in calculations, for example, in the price of petrol (e.g. 479.9 forint/litre), or in the prices of telephone calls.