Heritage Auctions

200 Forint (Ignác Semmelweis) – Hungary

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 150th Anniversary of Ignác Semmelweis

Hungary

Context

Year: 1968

Issuer: Hungary

Period:

People's Republic

(1949—1989)

Currency:

Forint

(since 1946)

Total mintage: 13,500

Material

Diameter: 34 mm

Weight: 16.82 g

Gold weight: 15.14 g

Thickness: 1.1 mm

Shape: Round

Composition: 90% Gold

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

OBVERSE ↑

⟳

flip

REVERSE ↑

References

KM: #586

Numista: #33888

Value

Exchange value: 200 HUF = $0.63

Bullion value: $2524.99

Obverse

Description:

Ignác Semmelweis' 150th birth anniversary

Inscription:

MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG

SEMMELWEIS

1818-1865

REMÉNYI

Translation:

Hungarian People's Republic

Semmelweis

1818-1865

Reményi

Script: Latin

Language: Hungarian

Designers: József Reményi, Dezső Kovács

Reverse

Description:

People's Republic coat of arms, written value.

Inscription:

KÉTSZÁZ FORINT

BP.

1968

200

Translation:

Two Hundred Forint

Budapest

1968

200

Script: Latin

Language: Hungarian

Designers: József Reményi, Dezső Kovács

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
Hungarian mint	BP.

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1968	BP.	13,500	Proof

Navigation: Non-circulating coins from Hungary

100 Forint

1968

500 Forint