Hungary 50 Forint 2012-2024

History

Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com

Description

According to Hungary's new constitution, effective as of 1 January 2012, the country's official name changes from "Magyar Köztársaság" (Republic of Hungary) to "Magyarország" (Hungary). Although Hungary is still a republic, this does not appear anymore on its coinage: from 2012 Hungarian legal tender bears the country's new official name, "Magyarország".

Obverse	Animal (fish, bird, mammal etc.) Falcon Saker falcon, country name above, date below. he saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China. The saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia. A Hungarian mythological bird, the Turul, was probably a saker falcon (kerecsensólyom), and the saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary. Engraver: István Bartos MAGYARORSZÁG · 2013 ·
Reverse	Denomination. Engraver: István Kósa 50 FORINT BP.
Edge	Plain