500 Forint

500 Forint - obverse500 Forint - reverse

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Features

Issuer Hungary
Issuing bank Hungarian National Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)
Period People's Republic (1949-1989)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1969-1980
Value 500 Forint (500 HUF)
Currency Forint (1946-date)
Composition Paper
Size 174 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 August 1999
Number
N#
204625
References P# 172
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Ady Endre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ÖTSZÁZ FORINT
500
BUDAPEST, 1980. ÉVI JÚNIUS HÓ 30-ÁN
MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK
ADY ENDRE
NAGY ZOLTÁN DEL. ET SC.

Translation:
Five hundred Forints
500
Budapest, June 30th, 1980
Hungarian National Bank
Ady Endre

Engraver: Zoltán Nagy

Designer: Zoltán Nagy

Reverse

Budapest.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 ÖTSZÁZ
500
500 ÖTSZÁZ
NAGY ZOLTÁN DEL. GÁL. FERENC SC.

Translation: five hundred

Engraver: Gál Ferenc

Designer: Zoltán Nagy

Comments

Endre Ady (1877-1919) was a Hungarian poet and journalist, regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century.
The banknote is very hardly intaglio printed and contains neon yellow UV fiber:

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1969  0% P#172s1 specimen
1969-Jun-30  25% P#172a
1975  0.6% P#172s2 specimen
1975-Oct-28  47% P#172b
1980  0.6% P#172s3 specimen
1980-Sep-30  $ 6.80 44% P#172c

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 ForintPicture 1 of a sold 500 Forint
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 2004
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 70.06
(EUR 65.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 ForintPicture 1 of a sold 500 Forint
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 2005
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 Undetermined USD 43.12
(EUR 40.00)
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