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30 000 Forint Petőfi Sándor
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a highly detailed relief of a 19th-century ornate printing press, surmounted by an eagle with spread wings atop the press frame; the date 1848 is inscribed on the press body. Emerging from the press bed is a printed sheet bearing the opening lines of Petőfi's celebrated poem 'Nemzeti dal' (National Song). The denomination 30000 FORINT appears in the upper right field, with MAGYARORSZÁG inscribed vertically along the right rim. The mint mark BP. and year 2023 are incused along the left field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Petőfi Sándor died at the Battle of Segesvár in July 1849 at age 26 — though his body was never recovered, and the exact circumstances of his death remain disputed to this day. He had been serving under General Bem in the Transylvanian campaign when Russian forces intervening on behalf of the Habsburgs overwhelmed the Hungarian revolutionary army. The Hungarian War of Independence collapsed within weeks.
Magyar Nemzeti Bank has issued Petőfi commemoratives across multiple series and decades; this 2023 piece continues a tradition rooted less in numismatic novelty than in the poet's enduring function as the central symbol of Hungarian national identity since 1848.