1 Forint
Features
| Issuer |
Hungary
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
People's Republic (1949-1989)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1967-1989 |
| Value | 1 Forint (1 HUF) |
| Currency | Forint (1946-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium (Aluminium 97%, Magnesium 3%) |
| Weight | 1.4 g |
| Diameter | 22.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 30 June 1995 |
| Number | N# 1124 |
| References | KM# 575 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Emil Unger. Magyar Éremhatározó. Ajtósi Dűrer Könyvkiadó, Budapest, Hungary (3 volumes). Lajos Huszár; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn: von 1000 bis heute = Hungary Coin Catalog. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). Péter Molnár, István Adamovszky, Jr.; 2023. Magyar Érme Katalógus: 1790-2023 = Hungarian Coin Catalog (5th). Adamo, Budapest, Hungary. |
Obverse
The arms of the Hungarian People's Republic (1957-1990), a shield with wreath around, star above (Socialist heraldry), date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MAGYAR · NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG ·
1989
Translation:
Hungarian People's Republic
1989
Designer: Iván István
Reverse
Value with leaves behind, mintmark in between.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
1
BP.
FORINT
Designer: Iván István
Edge
Reeded
Mint
| BP. | Hungarian mint, Budapest, Hungary (1925-date) |
Comments
Three main groups of the Obverse are known.
Obverse
Die 1 - all details smaller, as the result, circular legend close to the center.
Die 2 - all details larger, as the result, circular legend far from the center, dots above "Ö" close the letter.
Die 3 - circular legend far from the center, dots above "Ö" far from the letter.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.
Combinations
Die 1 - 1967.
Die 2 - 1968-1976.
Die 3 - 1977-1989.
2 main obverses of rays touching shield and rays not touching shield on 1989 coins.
Present in sets
- 1971 Hungary Mint Set (Leatherette Wallet)
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1971 Hungary Foiled Mint Set
- 1972 Hungary Mint Set (Leatherette Wallet)
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1972 Hungary Foiled Mint Set
- 1973 Hungary Mint Set (Leatherette Wallet)
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1973 Hungary Foiled Mint Set
- 1974 Hungary Mint Set (Leatherette Wallet)
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1974 Hungary Foiled Mint Set
- 1975 Hungary Mint Set (Leatherette Wallet)
-
1975 Hungary Foiled Mint Set
See also
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1967 BP. | 60 000 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.77 | 35% | ||||||
| 1968 BP. |
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53 230 000 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.71 | $ 0.71 | $ 1.20 | 38% | |||||
| 1969 BP. | 27 664 000 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.46 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.85 | 24% | ||||||
| 1970 BP. | 11 290 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | 14% | |||||||
| 1971 BP. | 100 000 | BU | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1971 BP. | In sets | 0.11% | |||||||||||||
| 1972 BP. | 110 000 | BU | 0.9% | ||||||||||||
| 1972 BP. | In sets | 0.12% | |||||||||||||
| 1973 BP. | 1 990 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.52 | $ 1.00 | 5% | ||||||||
| 1973 BP. | In sets | 0.14% | |||||||||||||
| 1974 BP. | 4 990 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.37 | $ 2.10 | 9% | |||||||
| 1974 BP. | In sets | 0.14% | |||||||||||||
| 1975 BP. | 10 000 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.37 | $ 1.00 | 13% | |||||||
| 1975 BP. | In sets | 0.16% | |||||||||||||
| 1976 BP. | 15 000 000 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.27 | 17% | |||||||
| 1976 BP. | In sets | 0.15% | |||||||||||||
| 1977 BP. | 10 050 000 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.10 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.35 | $ 1.20 | 13% | ||||||
| 1977 BP. | In sets | 0.2% | |||||||||||||
| 1978 BP. | 50 000 | $ 2.00 | BU | 1.1% | |||||||||||
| 1978 BP. | BU - variation: rays not reaching the wreath of wheat on reverse | 0.10% | |||||||||||||
| 1978 BP. | In sets | 0.16% | |||||||||||||
| 1979 BP. | 10 070 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.37 | 13% | |||||||
| 1979 BP. | In sets | 0.15% | |||||||||||||
| 1979 BP. | variation: rays not reaching the wreath of wheat on reverse | 0.09% | |||||||||||||
| 1980 BP. | 20 040 000 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.93 | 19% | |||||||
| 1980 BP. | In sets | 0.15% | |||||||||||||
| 1981 BP. | 25 040 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.07 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.58 | 2 variants; see comments | 22% | |||||
| 1981 BP. | In sets | 0.18% | |||||||||||||
| 1982 BP. | 10 000 000 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | 12% | ||||||
| 1982 BP. | In sets | 0.15% | |||||||||||||
| 1983 BP. |
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20 140 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.58 | 19% | ||||||
| 1983 BP. | $ 1.10 | In sets | 0.14% | ||||||||||||
| 1984 BP. | 6 010 000 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.50 | 8% | ||||||||
| 1984 BP. | $ 1.70 | In sets | 0.15% | ||||||||||||
| 1985 BP. | 30 000 | $ 2.30 | BU | 0.6% | |||||||||||
| 1985 BP. | In sets | 0.09% | |||||||||||||
| 1986 BP. | 30 000 | $ 2.20 | BU | 0.6% | |||||||||||
| 1986 BP. | In sets | 0.09% | |||||||||||||
| 1987 BP. | 13 000 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.27 | $ 0.51 | 14% | ||||||
| 1987 BP. | In sets | 0.12% | |||||||||||||
| 1988 BP. | 20 080 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.24 | 17% | |||||||
| 1988 BP. | In sets | 0.15% | |||||||||||||
| 1989 BP. | 115 920 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.07 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.57 | 41% | ||||||
| 1989 BP. | In sets | 0.18% | |||||||||||||
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