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2 Pengő - Miklós Horthy Death of Rákóczi
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Engraver(s) | Lajos Berán |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed right-facing bust of Francis II Rákóczi, the celebrated Hungarian prince and leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising, dominates the field. He is depicted with long flowing curled hair and is attired in period military costume with a decorative collar and chain. The legend 'II. RÁKÓCZI FERENC' curves along the upper left periphery, with his birth and death years '1676-1735' inscribed to the right. The engraver's signature 'BERÁN.L.' appears in small letters along the lower rim, below the truncation of the bust. |
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Ferenc Rákóczi II died in Ottoman exile in 1735, having spent his final years in Tekirdağ after France — his last patron — lost interest in funding Hungarian insurrection against the Habsburgs. The 200th anniversary of that death gave the Horthy regime a useful piece of political theater: commemorating a anti-Habsburg rebel allowed the government to perform Hungarian nationalism while carefully avoiding any direct critique of Vienna in an era when revisionist foreign policy demanded delicate alliances.
The Adamo P7.2 designation distinguishes this from the P7.1 proof striking. Business strike examples circulated freely and show contact marks accordingly.