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7500 Forint Batthyány Lajos
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (National Bank of Hungary) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Forint (1946-date) |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter length portrait of Count Lajos Batthyány, Hungary's first Prime Minister, depicted in traditional Hungarian noble attire with a fur-lined mente cloak, frogged dolman tunic, and ornamental sword, facing slightly left within the dodecagonal field. The legend MAGYARORSZÁG arcs along the upper left rim, with the denomination 7500 FORINT and mint mark BP. positioned to the upper right of the portrait. A facsimile of Batthyány's autograph signature appears in cursive to the right of the figure, rendered in fine incuse lines against the polished field. The portrait is executed in high relief with exceptional sculptural detail, reflecting a neoclassical medallic style engraved by Gábor Kereszthury. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Lajos Batthyány served as Hungary's first constitutionally appointed Prime Minister following the April Laws of 1848, which transformed the Habsburg-controlled kingdom into a semi-autonomous constitutional monarchy. His government lasted less than six months before Habsburg military pressure and the escalating revolutionary war made his position untenable. He resigned in September 1848, was arrested by Austrian authorities, and was executed by firing squad on October 6, 1849 — the same morning thirteen Hungarian generals were hanged at Arad. Austrian commanders reportedly ordered the execution carried out with a pistol rather than a rifle after a failed suicide attempt had wounded his neck, making hanging impossible.