2019-11-21 Thu

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Its capital, Budapest, is bisected by the Danube River. Its cityscape is studded with architectural landmarks from Buda’s medieval Castle Hill and grand neoclassical buildings along Pest’s Andrássy Avenue to the 19th-century Chain Bridge.

The forint is the currency of Hungary. It was formerly divided into 100 filler. The forint's name comes from the city of Florence, where gold coins called fiorino d'oro were minted.

Today we are looking at a 50 Forint banknote issued in 1980. The obverse depicts the portrait of Francis II Rakoczi Ferenc painted by Adam Manyoki to right and the Communist coat of arms to left. The reverse depicts Battle of Zvolen between Kuruc and Labanc (painted by Zolyomi Csata) in centre.

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