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100 Forint World Football Championship
| Issuer | Hungarian Mint, Budapest |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Value | 100 Forint (100 HUF) |
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| Obverse description | The Hungarian state coat of arms is prominently displayed in the center of the field, flanked on the left by the Budapest mint mark (BP.) and on the right by the engraver's monogram within a frame. The denomination '100 FORINT' and the date '1982' are inscribed in the field to the right of the arms. The circular legend 'MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG' (Hungarian People's Republic) runs along the upper periphery, with 'FORINT' appearing below. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG FORINT 100 FORINT 1982 FZ BP. (Translation: Hungarian People's Republic) |
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Hungary qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain — their ninth appearance, and what would prove to be their last for decades. The tournament itself delivered one of the most lopsided results in World Cup history when Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, still a record margin of victory. They were eliminated in the first round nonetheless, a result that sharpened the irony of a commemorative issue struck with such apparent national confidence.
The Hungarian Mint issued this piece as part of a broader wave of socialist-era sports commemoratives, a genre Budapest produced prolifically throughout the 1970s and 80s for both domestic circulation and the foreign collector market.