30000 Forint – Bicentenary of Sándor Petőfi’s Birth (2023)

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Image source: Magyar Nemzeti Bank

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Description obverse

The central motif on the front features the printing press of the Landerer and Heckenast printing house, which, in addition to the 12 points of the Hungarian Revolutionaries of 1848, also reproduced one of Petőfi's best-known poems, the Nemzeti dal (National Song), whose first few lines are visible. MAGYARORSZÁG (Hungary), 30000 FORINT, 2023

Description reverse

Depiction of a half-length portrait of Sandor Petöfi, based on an 1846 ink drawing by Miklós Barabás; to the right, a handwritten quotation from his poem ‘A természet vadvirága’ (The Wildflower of Nature): ‘A korláttalan természet Vadvirága vagyok én’ (I am the wildflower of nature without boundaries); on the outher right, a wildflower illustration. PETŐFI SÁNDOR, 1823-1849




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Hungary. 30000 Forint (Silver) 2023, Hungarian Mint Ltd.. CoCo HU-2023-0009.

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