Hungarian forint

Hungarian forint

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File:Ungheria 100 forint.JPG 2000 forint (1998) 100 forint (1997)
ISO 4217
Code	HUF (numeric: 348)
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Plural	forint
Symbol	Ft‎
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	fillér (defunct)
Banknotes	200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10 000, 20 000 forint
Coins	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 forint
Demographics
User(s)	Hungary
Issuance
Central bank	Hungarian National Bank
Website	www.mnb.hu
Printer	Hungarian Banknote Printing Corp.
Website	www.penzjegynyomda.hu
Mint	Hungarian Mint Ltd.
Website	www.penzvero.hu
Valuation
Inflation	3.7%
Source	The World Factbook, 2005 est.

The forint (currency code HUF) is the official currency of Hungary. It is divided into 100 fillér, although fillér coins have not been in circulation since 1999.

History

The forint's name comes from the city of Florence, where golden money was minted from 1252 under the name fiorino d'oro. In Hungary, florentinus (later forint), also a gold-based currency, was used from 1325 under Charles Robert and several other countries followed its example.

Between 1857 and 1892, the forint was the name used in Hungarian for the currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, known in German as the Austro-Hungarian gulden or Austrian florin. It was subdivided into 100 krajczár (krajcár in modern Hungarian).

The forint was reintroduced on 1 August 1946, after the 1945-1946 hyperinflation of the pengő. The process was managed by the Hungarian communist party, which held the relevant ministry seats and the forint's success was exploited for political gains, contributing to the 1948-49 communist take-over of state powers, thanks to organized en masse' election fraud called 'blue slip elections' after the ballot's color. The forint replaced the pengő at the rate of 1 forint = 4×10^{29 pengő. In fact, this was an imaginary exchange rate, since the whole amount of Pengő in circulation had a value of less than one forint at this rate.}

Historically the forint was made up of 100 fillér, but fillér have been rendered useless by inflation and have not been in circulation since 1999. The Hungarian abbreviation for forint is Ft, which is written after the number with a space between. The name fillér, the subdivision of almost all Hungarian currencies, comes from the German word Heller. The abbreviation for the fillér is f, written also after the number with a space in between. However, since the demise of the fillér, this abbreviation is now seldom used.

After its 1946 introduction, the forint remained stable for several years, but started to lose its purchasing power as the state-socialist economic system lost its competitiveness during the 1970's and 1980's. After the democratic change of 1989-90, the forint saw yearly inflation figures of app. 35% for three years, but significant market economy reforms helped stabilize it. Since year 2000 the relatively high value of forint (especially compared to the falling US dollar and to some extent to the euro) handicaps the strongly export-oriented Hungarian industry against foreign competitors with lower valued currencies.

As part of Hungary's integration into the European Union and its euro currency, the forint is slated to disappear circa 2010-2012, depending on the economic situation. As of autumn 2005, there is a strong disagreement between the Hungarian National Bank and the government whether EU-mandated low inflation figures and reduced foreign debt aims can be fulfilled by 2010. The situation threatens to make Hungary the last one among the ten new EU members to adopt the euro currency.

Coins

Republic issues (1946-1948)

People's Republic issues - regular
Image		Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	issue	withdrawal	lapse
42.5px	42.5px	2 f	17.0 mm	1.7 mm	3.0 g	Brass 85% copper 15% zinc	Smooth	"MAGYAR ÁLLAMI VÁLTÓPÉNZ", year of minting, "Kossuth" coat of arms	Indication of value, mintmark	1946	1 August 1946	30 June 1977	31 December 1977
42.5px	42.5px	5 f	17.0 mm	1.4 mm	0.6 g	Aluminium	Smooth	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, young female model	Indication of value, mintmark	1948	30 January 1946	30 September 1992	31 December 1993
File:HUFf 10 1946 obverse.JPG	File:HUFf 10 1946 reverse.JPG	10 f	19.1 mm	1.5 mm	3.0 g	Aluminium bronze 92% copper 8% aluminium	Milled	"MAGYAR ÁLLAMI VÁLTÓPÉNZ", year of minting, Dove carrying an olive branch	Indication of value, mintmark	1946	1 August 1946	30 June 1977	31 December 1977
52.5px	52.5px	20 f	21.0 mm	1.6 mm	4.0 g			"MAGYAR ÁLLAMI VÁLTÓPÉNZ", year of minting, 3 ears of wheat
File:HUFf 50 1948 obverse.JPG	File:HUFf 50 1948 reverse.JPG	50 f	22.0 mm	1.6 mm	1.4 g	Aluminium	Smooth	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, man sitting on an anvil with a hammer	Indication of value, mintmark	1948	5 May 1948	30 June 1972	30 June 1973
File:HUFcoin 1 1946 obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 1 1946 reverse.JPG	1 Ft	23.7 mm	1.6 mm	1.5 g		Milled	"MAGYAR ÁLLAMI VÁLTÓPÉNZ", mintmark, "Kossuth" coat of arms	Indication of value, year of minting	1946	1 August 1946	31 August 1951	31 March 1952
File:HUFcoin 2 1946 obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 2 1946 reverse.JPG	2 Ft	28.0 mm	2.0 mm	2.8 g			"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", mintmark, "Kossuth" coat of arms				31 December 1951	31 December 1952
File:HUFcoin 5 1946 obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 5 1946 reverse.JPG	5 Ft	32.0 mm	2.9 mm	20.0 g	835‰ silver	"MUNKA A NEMZETI JÓLÉT ALAPJA"	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", mintmark, year of minting, indication of value, "Kossuth" coat of arms	"1802-1894 KOSSUTH", Lajos Kossuth			30 June 1977	31 December 1977
File:HUFcoin 5 1947 obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 5 1947 reverse.JPG			1.9 mm	12.0 g	500‰ silver	"M Á P V" and ornaments			1947	19 May 1947
Republic issues - commemorative
File:HUFcoin 5 1948 szabharc obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 5 1948 szabharc reverse.JPG	5 Ft	32.0 mm	1.9 mm	12.0 g	500‰ silver	"ESKÜSZÜNK ESKÜSZÜNK"	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", indication of value, year of minting, mintmark	"PETŐFI SÁNDOR 1848-49", Sándor Petőfi	1948	1 May 1948	30 June 1977	31 December 1977
File:HUFcoin 10 1948 szabharc obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 10 1948 szabharc reverse.JPG	10 Ft	36.0 mm	2.5 mm	20.0 g		"A LEGNAGYOBB MAGYAR EMLÉKÉRE"	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", indication of value, year of minting, mintmark	"SZÉCHENYI ISTVÁN 1848-49", István Széchenyi
File:HUFcoin 20 1948 szabharc obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 20 1948 szabharc reverse.JPG	20 Ft	40.0 mm	2.8 mm	28.0 g		Ornament	"MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG", indication of value, year of minting, mintmark, "Kossuth" coat of arms	"TÁNCSICS MIHÁLY 1848", Mihály Táncsics
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

People's Republic issues (1949-1989)

Republic issues - regular
Image		Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse		Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	issue	withdrawal	lapse
File:HUFf 2 1963 obverse.JPG	File:HUFf 2 1963 reverse.JPG	2 f	18.0 mm	1.1 mm	0.65 g	Aluminium	Smooth	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting	Indication of value, mintmark	1950	27 March 1950	30 September 1992	31 December 1993
[[Image:|42.5px]]	[[Image:|42.5px]]	5 f	17.0 mm	1.4 mm	0.6 g	Aluminium	Smooth	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, young female model		1953	31 March 1953	30 September 1992	31 December 1993
[[Image:|48px]]	[[Image:|48px]]	10 f	19.1 mm	1.4 mm	0.85 g	Aluminium	Milled	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, Dove carrying an olive branch		1950	15 December 1950	30 September 1996	31 December 1997
[[Image:|46px]]	[[Image:|46px]]		18.5 mm	1.2 mm	0.6 g	96% aluminium 4% magnesium	Smooth			1967	12 May 1967
[[Image:|52.5px]]	[[Image:|52.5px]]	20 f	21.0 mm	1.6 mm	1.25 g	Aluminium		"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, 3 ears of wheat		1953	31 March 1953
[[Image:|51px]]	[[Image:|51px]]		20.4 mm	1.4 mm	0.9 g	96% aluminium 4% magnesium	Milled			1967	12 May 1967
[[Image:|55px]]	[[Image:|55px]]	50 f	22.0 mm	1.6 mm	1.4 g	Aluminium	Smooth	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, man sitting on an anvil with a hammer		1953	31 March 1953	30 June 1972	30 June 1973
[[Image:|54px]]	[[Image:|54px]]		21.5 mm		1.2 g	96% aluminium 4% magnesium		"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", Erzsébet Bridge	Indication of value, year of minting, mintmark	1967	12 May 1967	30 September 1999	30 September 2000
File:HUFcoin 1 1949 obverse.JPG	File:HUFcoin 1 1949 reverse.JPG	1 Ft	23.7 mm	1.6 mm	1.5 g	Aluminium	Milled	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, "Rákosi" coat of arms	Indication of value, mintmark	1949	15 November 1949	30 June 1995	31 December 1995
[[Image:|59px]]	[[Image:|59px]]							"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, "Kádár" coat of arms		1957	10 October 1957
[[Image:|57px]]	[[Image:|57px]]		22.8 mm	1.8 mm	1.4 g	96% aluminium 4% magnesium				1967	12 May 1967
[[Image:|62.5px]]	[[Image:|62.5px]]	2 Ft	25.0 mm	1.4 mm	5.0 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel	Ornaments	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, "Rákosi" coat of arms		1950	20 January 1950	30 June 1971	30 June 1972
[[Image:|62.5px]]	[[Image:|62.5px]]							"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", year of minting, "Kádár" coat of arms		1957	10 October 1957
[[Image:|62.5px]]	[[Image:|62.5px]]					58% copper 18% nickel 24% zinc				1962	9 December 1962
[[Image:|56px]]	[[Image:|56px]]	2 Ft	22.4 mm	1.6 mm	4.44 g	Brass 72% copper 28% zinc	Smooth	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", "Kádár" coat of arms	Indication of value, year of minting, mintmark	1970	1 July 1970	30 June 1995	31 December 1995
[[Image:|69px]]	[[Image:|69px]]	5 Ft	27.5 mm	1.7 mm	7.4 g	60% copper 21% nickel 19% zinc	Milled	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", mintmark, year of minting, indication of value, "Kádár" coat of arms	"1802-1894 KOSSUTH", Lajos Kossuth	1967	12 May 1967	30 June 1972	30 June 1973
[[Image:|61px]]	[[Image:|61px]]		24.3 mm	1.7 mm	5.73 g	Nickel		"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG" "KOSSUTH", Lajos Kossuth	Indication of value, mintmark, year of minting, "Kádár" coat of arms	1971	2 August 1971	30 June 1995	31 December 1995
[[Image:|58.5px]]	[[Image:|58.5px]]		23.4 mm	1.6 mm	5.0 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel				1983	18 April 1983
[[Image:|70px]]	[[Image:|70px]]	10 Ft	28.0 mm	1.9 mm	8.83 g	Nickel	Ornaments	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", mintmark, the Liberty Statue in Budapest	Indication of value, year of minting, "Kádár" coat of arms	1971	1 June 1971	31 March 1987	31 December 1988
[[Image:|63.5px]]	[[Image:|63.5px]]	10 Ft	25.4 mm	1.7 mm	6.1 g	92% copper 6% aluminium 2% nickel	Ornaments	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", mintmark, the Liberty Statue in Budapest	Indication of value, year of minting, "Kádár" coat of arms	1983	18 April 1983	30 June 1995	31 December 1995
[[Image:|70px]]	[[Image:|70px]]	20 Ft	26.8 mm	1.8 mm	7.06 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel	Milled	"MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG", György Dózsa	Indication of value, year of minting, mintmark, "Kádár" coat of arms	1982	18 April 1983	30 June 1995	31 December 1995
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Recent issues (1992-)

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All forint coins. Far left is the old 100 forint coin, (no longer used).

In 1992, a new series of forint coins was introduced with denominations ranging from 1 Ft to 200 Ft [1]. From 1996, a bicolour 100 Ft coin was minted to replace the 1992 version, since the latter one was considered to be too big, too ugly, and could be easily mistaken with the 20 Ft coin. The 200 Ft coin was made of 500 ‰ fine silver. From 1994, mass minting of the 200 Ft coin was stopped, since the price of the metal was getting higher than the face value of the coin. However, small issues for collector purposes were minted until 1998, when both the 1992 type 100 Ft and the 200 Ft coins were withdrawn from circulation.

1992 Series
Image		Value	Diameter	Thickness	Weight	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	First Minted Year
File:1fiorinoungherese2002front.jpg	File:1fiorinoungherese2002back.jpg	1 Ft	16.3 mm	1.1 mm	2.05 g	75% copper 21% zinc 4% nickel	Smooth	State title, minting date and the coat of arms of Hungary	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[2]	[3]	2 Ft	19.2 mm	1.5 mm	3.1 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel	Serrated	State title, minting date and a Hungarian Colchicum (Colchicum Hungaricum)	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[4]	[5]	5 Ft	21.2 mm	1.3 mm	4.2 g	75% copper 21% zinc 4% nickel	Smooth	State title, minting date and a Great Egret (Egretta alba)	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[6]	[7]	10 Ft	24.8 mm	1.3 mm	6.1 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel	Alternately smooth and serrated	State title, minting date and the coat of arms of Hungary	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[8]	[9]	20 Ft	26.3 mm	1.9 mm	6.9 g	75% copper 21% zinc 4% nickel	Serrated	State title, minting date and a Stool Iris (Iris aphylla)	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[10]	[11]	50 Ft	27.4 mm	1.7 mm	7.7 g	Cupronickel 75% copper 25% nickel	Smooth	State title, minting date and a sitting Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
		100 Ft	29.2 mm	1.9 mm	9.4 g	75% copper 21% zinc 4% nickel	Ornated	State title, minting date and the coat of arms of Hungary	Indication of value and mintmark	1992
[12]	[13]	100 Ft	23.8 mm	2.2 mm	8 g	Steel Ring: Ni plated Center: 75% Cu 25% Zn plated	Serrated	State title, minting date and the coat of arms of Hungary	Indication of value and mintmark	1996
		200 Ft	32 mm	1.7 mm	12 g	500‰ silver	Serrated	State title, indication of value, minting date, mintmark, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the coat of arms of Hungary	The building of the Hungarian National Bank and the signature of its guvernor and four vice-guvernors	1992
		200 Ft	32 mm	1.7 mm	12 g	500‰ silver	Serrated	State title, indication of value, minting date, mintmark, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the coat of arms of Hungary	Portrait of Ferenc Deák	1994
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins.

Banknotes

Recent series

Between 1997 and 2001, a new series of banknotes were issued with improved security features[14]. Each banknote depicts a famous Hungarian leader or politician on the obverse and a place related to him on the reverse. All of the banknotes are watermarked, contain an embedded vertical security strip of thin metal and suitable for the visually impaired people. As of April 2006 the 1000 forint note has added a copper holographic security strip. The 2000 forint and higher denominations are also protected by an interwoven holographic security strip. The notes share the common size of 154 x 70 mm. The banknotes are printed by the Hungarian Banknote Printing Corp. in Budapest on the paper manufactured by the Diósgyőr Papermill in Miskolc.

Recent Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Issued Date
		200 Ft	154 x 70 mm	green	King Charles Robert	Castle of Diósgyőr	1 May 1998
		500 Ft		orange and brown	Portrait of prince sovereign Ferenc II Rákóczi by Ádám Mányoki	Castle of Sárospatak	1 December 1998
		1000 Ft		blue	King Matthias Corvinus	the Hercules Fountain from the Castle of Visegrád	1 September 1998
		2000 Ft		brown	prince sovereign Gábor Bethlen	Géza Dósa's painting "Gábor Bethlen among his scientists"	1 February 1998
		2000 Ft (Millennium)		brownish	the Holy Crown of Hungary	Gyula Benczúr's painting: "Baptism of Vajk"	20 August 2000
		5000 Ft		violet and green	Portrait of Count István Széchenyi by Friedrich Amerling	the Széchenyi Mansion in Nagycenk	1 April 1999
		10 000 Ft		red and blue	King Stephen I	view of Esztergom	1 July 1997
		20 000 Ft		grey and reddish	Ferenc Deák	the old House of Commons in Pest	1 February 2001
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

1946 Series

In 1946, the first series of forint banknotes were put into circulation with the denominations of 10 Ft and 100 Ft. As a consequence of their poor quality (offset printing), many counterfeit appeared in a short time.

1946 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		10 Ft	155 x 71 mm	Dark green	A worker with hammer	Coat of arms	3 June 1946	1 August 1946	31 March 1948	31 March 1951
File:HUF 100 1946 obverse3.jpg	File:HUF 100 1946 reverse3.jpg	100 Ft	158 x 72 mm	Dark blue	A women holding a sickle and ears of wheat	Hands holding a hammer and ears of wheat	3 June 1946	7 August 1946	1 May 1951	31 December 1951
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

1947 Series

From 1947, a second series of banknotes were designed and put into circulation. These banknotes were printed until 1996 with different coat of arms.

1947 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Colour	Obverse	Reverse	First printed	Issued Date	Withdrawn Date
Kossuth's coat of arms
		10 Ft	166 x 72 mm	Green	Sándor Petőfi	János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene"	27 February 1947	25 July 1947	30 September 1992
		20 Ft		Blue	György Dózsa	Male nude (posing: István Hegedűs pentathlonist) with hammer and ear of wheat		1 August 1948
		100 Ft		Red	Lajos Kossuth	Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm"		14 August 1948	31 December 1998
Rákosi's coat of arms
		10 Ft	166 x 72 mm	Green	Sándor Petőfi	János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene"	24 October 1949	1 July 1950	30 September 1992
		20 Ft		Blue	György Dózsa	Male nude (posing: István Hegedűs pentathlonist) with hammer and ear of wheat
		50 Ft		Brown	Portrait of Ferenc II Rákóczi by Ádám Mányoki	Unknown painter: "Kuruc-labanc battle scene"	1 September 1951	13 June 1953	30 June 1996
		100 Ft		Red	Lajos Kossuth	Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm"	24 October 1949	1 July 1950	31 December 1998
Kádár's coat of arms
		10 Ft	166 x 72 mm	Green	Sándor Petőfi	János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene"	23 May 1957	27 October 1959	30 September 1992
		20 Ft		Blue	György Dózsa	Male nude (posing: István Hegedűs pentathlonist) with hammer and ear of wheat		8 November 1960
		50 Ft		Brown	Portrait of Ferenc II Rákóczi by Ádám Mányoki	Unknown painter: "Kuruc-labanc battle scene"	3 September 1965	15 June 1966	30 June 1996
		100 Ft		Red	Lajos Kossuth	Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm"	23 May 1957	20 March 1959	31 December 1998
File:HUF 500 1975 obverse.jpg	File:HUF 500 1975 reverse.jpg	500 Ft	174 x 80 mm	Violet	Endre Ady	View of Budapest	30 June 1969	21 August 1970	31 August 1999
		1000 Ft		Light green	Béla Bartók	Ferenc Medgyessy's sculpture: "Mother with her child"	25 March 1983	27 June 1983
Recent coat of arms
		100 Ft	166 x 72 mm	Red	Lajos Kossuth	Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm"	15 January 1992	1 July 1992	31 December 1998
		500 Ft	174 x 80 mm	Violet	Endre Ady	View of Budapest	31 July 1990	6 April 1992	31 August 1999
		1000 Ft		Light green	Béla Bartók	Ferenc Medgyessy's sculpture: "Mother with her child"	30 October 1992	5 November 1993
		5000 Ft		Orange-brown	Portrait of Count István Széchenyi by Friedrich Amerling	The Hungarian Academy of Sciences building	31 July 1990	25 March 1991	26 July 1999
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world banknotes.

Forgery of forint is not significant, but sometimes colour photo-copiers are abused by teenagers to produce low quality fake money for shopping and gambling purposes. For foreign visitors to Hungary, the main danger lies in exchanging their forint to international currencies. Fake dollars and euro banknotes are commonly disseminated by illegal street money exchangers. Legal currency exchange is only available in licenced booths, which always operate under the consortium of some commercial bank and always provide a paper trail of the transaction. Photo ID papers may be required for legal exchange of forints to/from foreign currencies. An alternative is to use internationally known credit cards for payments in Hungary.

History of coins and notes

A 100 forint note from 1992 (no longer used).

In the communist period (from 1946) older banknotes with the previous coat of arms were used. There were in circulation till 1999. The denominations of the old coins were 10, 20, 50 and fillér, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 forint. These coins were larger than the current ones of the same denomination. The existing notes were 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, and 5000 forints, although 10 and 20 forint notes have become rare in the later years. The 1000 forint note was introduced in 1983, the 5000 forint note in 1991.

The current generation of coins and notes were introduced in 1998 and 1999 (the 10000 forint notes were issued in 1997.) These include the new coat of arms with the crown. The smallest denomination was 1 forint, so the old 50 fillér coins were used for a little more time. The banknotes are all the same size, and have modern security features unlike the old ones. Since then, some of the notes have been slightly changed for greater security; 20000 forint notes were introduced in 2001; and a new smaller but thicker bi-colored 100 forint coin has replaced the older 100 forint coin as that was often confused with the 20 forint coin.

Historical exchange rates

Exchange rates (1 XXX = ? HUF)

Date	EUR	GBP	USD
1 January, 2006	252.65	367.55	213.22
1 January, 2005	244.66	346.95	180.755
1 January, 2004	261.83	371.59	206.83
1 January, 2003	235.74	361.88	225.09
1 January, 2002	244.75	395.45	271.88
1 January, 2001	264.58	417.70	279.62
1 January, 2000	254.47	407.22	248.82
1 January, 1998	-	335.98	205.18
1 January, 1995	-	173.30	110.75
1 January, 1993	-	126.99	84.41
1 January, 1990	-	100.23	62.54

Current HUF exchange rates
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See also

• Hungarian euro coins

External links

• Official Daily Exchange Rates Archive, Hungarian National Bank
• Template:Hu icon Template:En icon bankjegy.szabadsagharcos.org (Hungarian banknote catalog)
• Template:Hu icon Template:En icon www.numismatics.hu (Roman and Hungarian related numismatic site)
• Template:Hu icon papirpenz.hu (pictures of Hungarian banknotes)
• Template:Hu icon Template:En icon Template:De icon Template:Fr icon www.eremgyujtok.hu (homepage of the Hungarian Coin Collectors' Society)
• aes.iupui.edu/rwise (pictures of Hungarian banknotes at Ron Wise's World Paper Money Homepage)
• Hungarian banknotes (high resolution pictures, also including old forint banknotes)

Preceded by: Hungarian pengő Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 forint = 4×1029 pengő	Currency of Hungary 1 August 1946 – Concurrent with: adópengő until 30 September 1946	Succeeded by: Current
Preceded by: Hungarian adópengő Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 forint = 2×108 adópengő