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2000 Forint Békésy György
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 2000 Forint |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Abstract design evoking a stylized cross-section of the cochlea of the inner ear, rendered as a Fibonacci-like spiral composed of concentric arcs set against a textured background of radiating curved lines suggesting sound waves. Along the spiral bands, frequency values are inscribed in ascending order: 200 Hz, 400 Hz, 600 Hz, 800 Hz, 1000 Hz, 1500 Hz, 2000 Hz, 3000 Hz, 4000 Hz, 5000 Hz, 7000 Hz, and 20000 Hz. A continuous legend running along the inner spiral reads BÉKÉSY GYÖRGY A BELSŐ FÜL CSIGÁJÁBAN LÉTREJÖVŐ INGERÜLETEK FIZIKAI MECHANIZMUSÁNAK FELFEDEZÉSÉÉRT KAPOTT FIZIOLÓGIAI ÉS ORVOSTUDOMÁNYI NOBEL-DÍJAT 1961-BEN. The denomination 2000 FORINT and mint mark BP. appear in the left field, with MAGYARORSZÁG and the date 2022 inscribed along the lower border. The Hungarian Mint logo appears at the right. |
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György Békésy was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the mechanics of the cochlea — the only physicist to win that prize for work on hearing, and one of the few Nobel laureates to have spent his productive years in Hungary before emigrating. He left in 1947, eventually settling at Harvard and later the University of Hawaii, where he died in 1972. This commemorative issue marks the 50th anniversary of his death.