Coins of The Hungarian Forint - Remarks

Remarks

  1. "MAGYAR ÁLLAMI VÁLTÓPÉNZ" = "Hungarian state token coin" - váltópénz literally means "small change"; here it stands to express that the metal of which the coin is made is worth less than the face value of the coin itself
  2. "MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG" = "Hungarian Republic"
  3. "MUNKA A NEMZETI JÓLÉT ALAPJA" = "Labour is the ground of national welfare"
  4. "M Á P V" = "Magyar Állami Pénzverde" = "Hungarian State Mint"
  5. "ESKÜSZÜNK ESKÜSZÜNK" = "We vow, we vow" (from the refrain of the Nemzeti dal by Sándor Petőfi)
  6. "A LEGNAGYOBB MAGYAR EMLÉKÉRE" = "To commemorate the greatest Hungarian" (Lajos Kossuth designated István Széchenyi as such)
  7. "MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG" = "Hungarian People's Republic"

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