3000 Forint Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma

Founded in 996 AD under Prince Géza of Hungary, Pannonhalma is one of the oldest continuously operating Benedictine monasteries in the world and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The archabbey survived Ottoman occupation, the suppression of religious orders under Joseph II, and Soviet-era restrictions — each time resuming monastic life without permanent interruption. Hungary's commemorative forint program has issued numerous collector pieces tied to national heritage sites, and Pannonhalma's millennium of documented activity makes it a recurring subject. The gilded copper-zinc alloy used here is standard for the current non-silver commemorative tier introduced by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank in recent years.