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3000 Forint Hungarian Athletics Club and Hungarian Competitive Sports
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a portrait of Count Miksa Esterházy, founder and first president of the Magyar Athletikai Club, depicted in left-facing profile bust occupying the left portion of the field. A five-line legend to the right of the portrait reads '150 ÉVES A GRÓF ESTERHÁZY MIKSA ÁLTAL ALAPÍTOTT MAGYAR ATHLETIKAI CLUB ÉS A MAGYAR VERSENYSPORT', commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Hungarian Athletic Club and Hungarian Competitive Sports. The designer's master mark of Zoltán Endrődy is situated at the lower right of the field. |
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Hungary's athletics infrastructure has deep roots in the late nineteenth century, when the Magyar Athletikai Club — founded in 1875 — became one of the earliest organized track and field bodies in continental Europe, predating even several Western national federations. Competitive athletics was largely an elite pursuit in its early decades, with club membership tied closely to Budapest's educated urban class.
The 3000 forint denomination sits in Hungary's long-running commemorative circulation series, where copper-nickel issues have marked anniversaries of cultural and sporting institutions since the 1990s.