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10 Forint - FAO Trial Strike
| Issuer | Hungarian Mint (Magyar Pénzverő Zrt.), Budapest |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Weight | 6.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylised ligature of the numeral '10' rendered as an interlocking design reminiscent of a lowercase 'b' over a horizontal baseline, executed in bold incuse relief against a plain field. The denomination legend 'FORINT' is inscribed in block capital letters below the central device, with the mint mark 'BP.' appearing beneath in smaller characters. A continuous beaded border frames the entire reverse, consistent with the standard Hungarian Forint coinage design of the period. |
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The FAO coinage program ran from the late 1960s through the 1990s, commissioning member nations to produce coins nominally tied to agricultural development themes. Hungary participated sporadically, and this 1995 piece exists as a trial strike — meaning it was produced for evaluation purposes and never approved for general release. Trial strikes of this type typically circulated only within mint administration channels, which is why survivors almost invariably appear in pristine condition without the faintest trace of handling.
The Hungarian Mint's FAO submissions from this decade are poorly documented in the standard references, making precise mintage figures effectively unknown.