Catalog
12000 Forint
| Issuer | HÍD Numizmatikai és Kulturális Közhasznú Egyesület |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Size | 160 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Baron Miklós Wesselényi (1796–1850) at right, with guilloche underprint at centre. Logos of HÍD Numizmatikai Egyesület and Baptista Szeretetszolgálat at left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ADOMÁNYJEGY 12000 FORINT AZ ÁRVÍZ ÉS VÖRÖSISZAP KÁROSULTJAINAK JAVÁRA BUDAPEST 2010. NOVEMBER HÍD NUMIZMATIKAI ÉS KULTÚRÁLIS KÖZHASZNÚ EGYESÜLET BAPTISTA SZERETET SZOLGÁLAT TIZENKETTŐEZER FORINT BÁRÓ WESSELÉNYI MIKLÓS 1796–1850 |
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HÍD ("Bridge") is a Hungarian numismatic and cultural association that has issued a series of fantasy or commemorative forint notes outside the official Magyar Nemzeti Bank system. These carry no legal tender status and circulate — if at all — as collector pieces or promotional material. The denomination itself, 12,000 forint, has no equivalent in any official Hungarian series, which is part of the point.
The association designed the piece in-house, which is worth noting given how rarely non-commercial organizations handle both conception and production of a banknote-format item without contracting a specialist printer.