Banknotes of The Hungarian Forint - 1947 Series

From 1947, a second series of banknotes were designed and put into circulation. These banknotes were printed until 1996 with different coat of arms.

1947 Series
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse first printing issue withdrawal lapse
Kossuth's coat of arms
10 Ft 166 × 72 mm Green Sándor Petőfi János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene" 27 February 1947 25 July 1947 30 September 1992 31 December 1993
20 Ft Blue György Dózsa Male nude (posing: pentathlete István Hegedűs) with hammer and ear of wheat 1 August 1948
100 Ft Red Lajos Kossuth Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm" 14 August 1948 31 December 1998 31 December 1999
Rákosi's coat of arms
10 Ft 166 × 72 mm Green Sándor Petőfi János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene" 24 October 1949 1 July 1950 30 September 1992 31 December 1993
20 Ft Blue György Dózsa Male nude (posing: pentathlete István Hegedűs) with hammer and ear of wheat
50 Ft Brown Portrait of Ferenc II Rákóczi by Ádám Mányoki Unknown painter: "Kuruc-labanc battle scene" 1 September 1951 13 June 1953 30 June 1996 31 December 1996
100 Ft Red Lajos Kossuth Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm" 24 October 1949 1 July 1950 31 December 1998 31 December 1999
Kádár's coat of arms
10 Ft 166 × 72 mm Green Sándor Petőfi János Jankó's painting: "Riverside scene" 23 May 1957 27 October 1959 30 September 1992 31 December 1993
20 Ft Blue György Dózsa Male nude (posing: pentathlete István Hegedűs) with hammer and ear of wheat 8 November 1960
50 Ft Brown Portrait of Ferenc II Rákóczi by Ádám Mányoki Unknown painter: "Kuruc-labanc battle scene" 3 September 1965 15 June 1966 30 June 1996 31 December 1996
100 Ft Red Lajos Kossuth Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm" 23 May 1957 20 March 1959 31 December 1998 31 December 1999
500 Ft 174 × 80 mm Violet Endre Ady View of Budapest 30 June 1969 21 August 1970 31 August 1999 31 August 2019
1000 Ft Light green Béla Bartók Ferenc Medgyessy's sculpture: "Mother with her child" 25 March 1983 27 June 1983
Recent coat of arms
100 Ft 166 × 72 mm Red Lajos Kossuth Károly Lotz's painting: "Flight from the thunderstorm" 15 January 1992 1 July 1992 31 December 1998 31 December 1999
500 Ft 174 × 80 mm Violet Endre Ady View of Budapest 31 July 1990 6 April 1992 31 August 1999 31 August 2019
1000 Ft Light green Béla Bartók Ferenc Medgyessy's sculpture: "Mother with her child" 30 October 1992 5 November 1993
5000 Ft Orange-brown Portrait of Count István Széchenyi by Friedrich Amerling The Hungarian Academy of Sciences building 31 July 1990 25 March 1991 26 July 1999 26 July 2019

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