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10 Forint József Attila
| Issuer | Hungarian Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
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| Reverse description | The stylised numeral '10' dominates the central field, rendered in a large, elegant typographic design characteristic of Hungarian Forint coinage, with the '1' and '0' interlocked in a distinctive serif style. A horizontal line separates the numeral from the denomination legend 'FORINT' inscribed in capitals across the lower portion of the field. The Budapest mint mark 'BP.' appears in small letters below the denomination, and the entire design is encircled by a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 2005 BP. - - 20,000 2005 BP. - Proof - 7,000 |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the poet József Attila's birth, this commemorative belongs to a broader Hungarian program of honoring literary figures on circulation-adjacent coinage. Attila, born in 1905 in Budapest's working-class Ferencváros district, spent much of his life in poverty and is now considered one of the most significant Hungarian poets of the 20th century. He died in 1937 under disputed circumstances — struck by a train at Balatonszárszó, possibly by suicide.
The Adamo FOEM4 reference places this firmly within the modern Hungarian commemorative forint subseries rather than the standard circulation run.