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2000 Forint Millennium
| Issuer | Magyar Nemzeti Bank |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Engraver(s) | Károly Vagyóczky |
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| Obverse description | The Holy Crown of Saint Stephen (A Szent Korona) is rendered in intaglio at right, set against a warm ochre and pink guilloche underprint. At centre-left, the Hungarian coat of arms appears below the issuer inscription MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK, with the denomination KÉTEZER FORINT in large letterpress above. The legend BUDAPEST, 2000 AUGUSZTUS 20 and MAGYAR MILLENNIUM are inscribed across the face, with two facsimile signatures of bank officials below the coat of arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAGYAR MILLENNIUM KÉTEZER FORINT BENCZÚR GYULA: VAJK MEGKERESZTELÉSE VAGYÓCZKY K. DEL. |
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Issued to mark Hungary's millennium celebration of 1000 years of statehood — the nation having adopted the year 2000 as the symbolic endpoint of a millennium begun with Stephen I's coronation on 25 December 1000 AD. It was a commemorative issue intended for circulation rather than mere collection, though demand from collectors meant large quantities went directly into albums rather than tills.
Vagyóczky's dual credit as both designer and engraver is notable; the Magyar Pénzjegynyomda has maintained intaglio engraving as a house discipline since the interwar period, and this note is among the more carefully executed examples of that tradition in the post-communist era.