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200 Forint Otter
| Issuer | Hungarian Mint (Magyar Pénzverő) |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 200 Forint (200 HUF) |
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| Reverse lettering | ...HA KEDVES AZ ÉLETE... LUTRA LUTRA VIDRA (Translation: ...IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE... LUTRA LUTRA OTTER) |
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| Mintage | 1985 BP. - BU - 13,000 1985 BP. - Proof - 2,000 |
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Hungary's 1985 wildlife conservation series emerged from the country's obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, to which the Soviet-aligned Hungarian government had become a signatory in 1974 — an unusual gesture of international environmental cooperation for a Warsaw Pact state. The Eurasian otter had suffered severe population decline across Hungary's river systems through the mid-twentieth century, primarily from agricultural pesticide runoff and unregulated trapping.
The .640 fineness places this squarely in Hungary's mid-period commemorative silver standard, used consistently through the 1980s before the Mint shifted formulations after 1989.