Hungarian National Bank
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The Hungarian National Bank is the central bank of Hungary and as such part of the European System of Central Banks. It was established in 1924 as a successor entity of the Austro-Hungarian Bank, unde
Hungarian National Bank building on Liberty Square (Budapest)
Share of the Hungarian National Bank, issued June 20, 1924
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200 Forint coin depicting the bank headquarters, 1992
Hungarian forint
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The forint is the currency of Hungary. It was formerly divided into 100 fillér, but fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step in the
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…financial organisations (EU, IMF, OECD, BIS). Its principal aim is price stability, but it is also responsible for issuing the national currency, the Hungarian forint, controlling the money in circulation, setting the Central Bank base rate, publishing official exchange rates, and managing the foreign-exchange reserves…
![Forint of Louis I of Hungary (1342–1382). Reverse: LODOVICVS DEI GRACIA REX. Obverse: S[ANCTVS] IOHANNES B[APTISTA].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Lajos_I_florint_768761.jpg/500px-Lajos_I_florint_768761.jpg)
Forint of Louis I of Hungary (1342–1382). Reverse: LODOVICVS DEI GRACIA REX. Obverse: S[ANCTVS] IOHANNES B[APTISTA].
![Forint of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1458–1490). Obverse: S[ANCTVS] LADISLAVS REX. Reverse: MATHIAS D[EI] G[RATIA] R[EX] VNGARIE.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/111_Matthias_Corvinus_florint_755820.jpg/500px-111_Matthias_Corvinus_florint_755820.jpg)
Forint of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1458–1490). Obverse: S[ANCTVS] LADISLAVS REX. Reverse: MATHIAS D[EI] G[RATIA] R[EX] VNGARIE.