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6000 Forint
| Issuer | HÍD Numizmatikai és Kulturális Közhasznú Egyesület |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Forint (1946-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Baron Miklós Wesselényi (1796–1850) at right; crowned HÍD association emblem and Baptista Szeretet Szolgálat logo at left. Large numeral '6000 FORINT' centred over guilloche underprint on pale green ground with rust band at lower edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | ADOMÁNYJEGY 6000 FORINT AZ ÁRVÍZ ÉS VÖRÖSISZAP KÁROSULTJAINAK JAVÁRA BUDAPEST 2010. NOVEMBER "Már ekkor kezdettek a házak omlani s düledezni. Ezeknek ropogása, rohanása, a víz közt emelkedő porfellegek, a rémítő sikoltás, sírás, ordítás borzasztó képét mutatta a duló enyészetnek." Részlet Báró Wesselényi Miklós naplójából 1838. március 14. HATEZER FORINT HOLLÓ BARNABÁS, 1895 (Translation: DONATION NOTE 6000 FORINT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FLOOD AND RED MUD VICTIMS BUDAPEST NOVEMBER 2010 "At that moment, the houses began to collapse and crumble. Their creaking, rushing, the clouds of dust rising through the water, the terrifying screaming, crying, and roaring showed a horrifying picture of the impending destruction." Excerpt from the diary of Baron Miklós Wesselényi, 14 March 1838. SIX THOUSAND FORINT HOLLÓ BARNABÁS, 1895) |
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HÍD — the Hungarian word for "bridge" — is a Budapest-based numismatic and cultural association that has issued a series of collector fantasy notes denominated in forint but carrying no legal tender status whatsoever. The 6000 forint denomination is deliberately fictitious: no such value exists or has ever existed in Hungarian currency, which makes the intent purely commemorative from the outset.
Designed and produced in-house by the issuing association, these pieces occupy an awkward taxonomic space — neither exonumia in the traditional sense nor conventional notgeld.