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. […]

The National Bank of Hungary has issued (3rd April) two coins marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Miklós Ybl (1814 – 1891) one of Europe’s leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century and regarded as Hungary’s most influential architect during his career. He is most remembered for his neo-Renaissance design of […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued a gold coin which pays tribute on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the birth of one of the 20th century’s most well known photographers, Robert Capa. Born on October 22, 1913 in Budapest, as Endre Friedmann, Capa was one of the most important photographers of the […]

The National Bank of Hungary have issued a new coin which highlights the upcoming FIFA World Cup championships to be held in Brazil from the 12th June to the 15th July 2014 in several venues throughout the country. The 2014 event will be the 5th time Brazil will play host to this world-wide sporting spectacle. […]