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100 Forint
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait of poet János Arany at right, set against a rose and ochre guilloche underprint. The Hungarian coat of arms appears in an oval vignette at upper left, flanked by the anti-counterfeiting warning text. Three facsimile signatures with titles appear below the issuer name at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | SZÁZ FORINT 100 MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK BUDAPEST, 1993 ÉVI MÁRCIUS HÓ 15-ÉN A BANKJEGYHAMISÍTÁST A TÖRVÉNY BÜNTETI ALELNÖK ELNÖK ALELNÖK |
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The 1993 Hungarian 100 Forint belongs to a transitional series issued as the country moved away from communist-era iconography in its currency design — a process that began after 1989 and proceeded gradually, with different denominations updated at different times. The 100 Forint was among the lower values still in active daily circulation at the time, and inflationary pressure through the early 1990s was steadily eroding its purchasing power.
Printed by the Hungarian Banknote Printing Company (Pénzjegynyomda) in Budapest, which has produced Hungarian currency domestically since 1926.