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.
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".
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
Milled
Year | Mintage | Comment | Rarity |
---|---|---|---|
1967 BP | 20,000,000 | Unknown | |
1968 BP | 29,000 | Unknown |