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100 Forint Revolution of 1848
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG 100 FORINT B.P. 1998 LEBO F. (Translation: Republic of Hungary) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a Hungarian tricolor cockade (kokárda), the iconic symbol of the 1848 Revolution, rendered in fine relief at center. Encircling the design is a quotation from the revolutionary poet Sándor Petőfi, reading ÉLNI FOGSZ HAZÁM, MERT ÉLNED KELL (You will live, my homeland, for You shall live), accompanied by Petőfi's facsimile signature in cursive script. The date 1848 is prominently inscribed, anchoring the commemorative theme of the Hungarian War of Independence. |
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Struck for the 150th anniversary of Hungary's March 1848 uprising against Habsburg rule, an insurrection that produced one of the most short-lived constitutional governments in Central European history before Russian intervention crushed it by August 1849. The revolutionary government had actually issued its own currency during that period — Kossuth notes — which were later declared worthless by Vienna as a deliberate act of financial punishment.