Catalog
1000 Forint
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 1992-1996 |
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| Value | 1000 Forint (1000 HUF) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio reproduction of Ferenc Medgyessy's sculpture 'Anya' (Mother), a seated female figure nursing an infant, contained within an oval guilloche frame. Two large circular rosette guilloche panels, each carrying the numeral 1000 in white, flank the central composition. The denomination EZER FORINT appears in a bold letterpress band at the top, with engraver and designer credits inscribed in small text along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | EZER FORINT FÜLE MIHÁLY SC. MEDGYESSY FERENC FEC. VAGYÓCZKY KÁROLY DEL. |
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The 1000 Forint series P#176 was issued during Hungary's post-communist monetary transition, a period when the National Bank was simultaneously managing forint convertibility negotiations and runaway inflation that had eroded public confidence in domestic currency. Pénzjegynyomda — the state printing house on Markó Street in Budapest — handled the full production run, one of its first major series executed without Cold War-era Soviet oversight of security specifications.
Károly Vagyóczky's involvement on both design and engraving of the obverse is relatively unusual; separating those roles was more common practice at the time.