Hungary 5 Forint, 1948
Revolution of 1848
Information
Country
Hungary
Hungary
Currency
Forint
(1946 – 9999)
Coin type
Non-circulating coin
Denomination
5 Forint
Year
1948
Ruler
Republic
(1946–1949)
Composition
Silver (.500)
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
12
Diameter (mm)
32
Thickness (mm)
1.9
Demonetized
30 June 1977
Description
5 Forint from Hungary. Issued in 1948. Struck in Silver (.500). Measures 32 mm and weighs 12 g.
- Obverse
- Denomination above date and mintmark (Republic of Hungary)
- Reverse
- Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary.
- Edge
- A quotation from his revolutionary poem inscribed: "We swear, we swear" ... "that we will no longer be prisoners" (We swear, we swear)
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