The National Bank of Hungary has issued its latest coin in the popular and informative “Hungarian Inventors and Their Inventions” series, which focuses on some of the country’s best known inventors. The 2015-dated coin highlights Kornél Szilvay, an important figure in the history of Hungarian firefighting and technology, on the 125th anniversary of his birth. […]

The National Bank of Hungary will soon issue (June 30th) a new commemorative coin which continues their “Hungarian Castles” series. The new coin features Jurisics Castle, which is located in the town of Kőszeg on the banks of the Gyöngyös stream at the edge of Western Hungary. Historically, it marks the spot where Suleiman the […]

The National Bank of Hungary has issued two new coins to mark the 150th anniversary of birth of one of the country’s most admired Hungarian artists, István Csók (1865 – 1961). Considered one of the greatest figures of Hungarian painting, István Csók was born to the wealthy mill-owner Lajos Csók on the 13th February 1865 […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued two new coins which mark the centennial of birth of one of the country’s best known and celebrated cinematographers who excelled in the field of documentaries and in capturing wildlife and not only earned national – but international acclaim from the movie-making industry. István Homoki-Nagy (1914 – 1979) […]

The National Bank of Hungary has issued their latest coin in the popular “Innovations, Engineers & Inventions” series, with this coin paying homage to one of Hungary’s most celebrated engineers – Abraham Ganz (1814 – 1867) whose name today is still revered and a part of the landscape of today’s modern industrialized Hungary. Originally born […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued two new coins which honor one of their country’s most celebrated leaders who has achieved admiration as a military and political leader as well as being recognized for his contributions to Military strategy, Hungarian literature and poetry. On the observance of the 350th year of the death of […]

The National Bank of Hungary has issued two new coins which pay tribute to one of its outstanding figures in Hungarian public life who was one of the key intellectual and political leaders in the transformation of Hungary’s civil society. András Fáy (1786 – 1864) was born to a Calvinist family in Zemplén County. He […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued two new commemorative coins which remember the centennial of the death of artist Bela Spanyi (1854 – 1914) who is recognized as one of Hungary’s best painters of landscapes and scenes of natural outdoor beauty. Spanyi’s name has long been referred to as the first order among Hungarian […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued a new silver coin which celebrates their own establishment 90 years ago whose actual anniversary is on the 24th June. Preceded by the Royal Hungarian State Bank only in operation since 1921, the National Bank was formed in 1924 with its main function was to stabilize the Hungarian […]

The National Bank of Hungary has issued (22nd April) two new coins which honor one of the country’s most well-known and respected composers, Béni Egressy (1814 – 1851) best remembered for composing the music to “The Szózat“, a famous poem by Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty. The song later became the unofficial “second Hungarian national anthem. […]