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200 Forint
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Hungarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Designer(s) | Károly Vagyóczky |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Latent image |
| Protection description | Károly Róbert's portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread with microtext; latent-image strip at right margin of reverse showing denomination numerals at varying angles. |
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The 200 Forint denomination was introduced in 1998 as part of Hungary's redesigned note series following the hyperinflationary legacy of the early post-communist transition — by the mid-1990s, the forint had stabilized enough to justify a coherent long-term series. Magyar Pénzjegynyomda, which has printed Hungarian currency continuously since 1923, handled production entirely domestically, with a print run of just over 12 million for this date.
Vagyóczky handled both the design and the obverse engraving himself — relatively uncommon when those roles are typically divided between a design studio and a specialist intaglio engraver.