Catalog
10 000 Forint
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 2001-2007 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | SZENT ISTVÁN KIRÁLY VAGYÓCZKY K. DEL. ET SC. (Translation: King St. Stephen) TÍZEZER FORINT MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK BUDAPEST 2001 A BANKJEGYHAMISÍTÁST A TÖRVÉNY BÜNTETI! |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a wide panoramic vignette of the Esztergom Basilica and castle complex as seen from the Danube, engraved after Hubert Sattler's original painting and rendered in intaglio in warm violet-brown tones. A large latent-image guilloche rosette bearing the numeral '10000' is positioned to the right, while the denomination '10000' in bold numerals and the title inscription 'TÍZEZER FORINT' appear at upper left and upper right respectively. The legend 'ESZTERGOMI LÁTKÉP' is lettered below the vignette alongside the engravers' and designer's credits. |
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Hungary's 10,000 forint note was introduced in 1997 as the highest denomination in the redesigned series launched after the country's hyperinflation of the 1940s had long since been absorbed into monetary history — though the MNB has never entirely shaken the institutional memory of the 1946 pengő collapse, the worst hyperinflation ever recorded. The 2001–2007 dating on this Pick 192 variant reflects incremental security upgrades rather than a fresh design commission; Vagyóczky's engraved work on the obverse was retained throughout.
Magyar Pénzjegynyomda has handled domestic note production continuously since 1923, which makes Hungary one of relatively few countries to have printed its own currency in-house through both World War occupations and the full communist period.