5 Forint - Lajos Kossuth (1967 - 1968)

Features

Denomination 5 Forint
Catalog Number KM# 576
Weight (g) 7.21
Diameter (mm) 27
Thickness (mm) 1.7
Shape: Round
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Orientation Medal orientation ↑↑
Commemorative
Demonetized
Demonetized 1973-07-01

Obverse

Engraved by Ferenc Szabó
Lettering:
MAGYAR · NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG
19 67
BP.
+ 5 FORINT +


Description:
Coat of Arms, name of country and denomination.

Reverse

Engraved by István Iván
Lettering:
1802-1894 KOSSUTH

Description:
Lajos Kossuth facing right.
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of Kingdom of Hungary. As the most influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: “Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior.” Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the most famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: "Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849".

Edge

Description:
Milled
Year Mintage Comment Rarity
1967 BP 20,000,000 Unknown
1968 BP 29,000 Unknown

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