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200 Forint White Storks
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 200 Forint |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | VESZÉLYEZTETETT ÁLLATVILÁG (Translation: Endangered Wildlife) |
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Hungary's conservation coinage program of the early 1990s coincided with the country's post-communist restructuring, when environmental legislation was being rewritten almost from scratch. The white stork had long occupied an unusual position in Hungarian rural culture — nesting on chimneys and roof beams by tacit agreement with farmers — but actual breeding populations had declined sharply through the 1970s and 1980s due to wetland drainage and pesticide use along their sub-Saharan migration corridors.
The .500 fineness reflects Hungary's practical silver coinage standards of the period rather than any commemorative economy.