2022-04-05 Tue

Hungary’s Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank) opened the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Center. To celebrate the occasion, Hungary has issued a circulating commemorative 100-forint coin to mark the opening of its Money Museum.

The coins are intended to “focus attention on the significance of financial literacy and the Money Museum as an authentic and comprehensive source of knowledge,” according to an announcement from the Bank.

The obverse of the coin features a new design replacing the former Hungarian coat of arms. The new design is designed by Monika Gyuro and depicts a section of the building that houses the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre.

Above, a stylized representation of a chart, showing an upward trend, is found and four different coins are placed featuring motifs (the Anjou lily, in a reference to Hungarian gold florins from the Middle Ages, the iconic digit 1 of the 1-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.

Image Courtesy: coinworld.com