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Country: | Hungary (Europe) |
Era: | People's Republic (1949-1989) |
Type: | Circulating money |
Note: | 1970-1989 |
Denomination: | 2 Forint |
Composition: | Brass |
Weight: | 4,44 g |
Diameter: | 22,4 mm |
Thickness: | 1,5 mm |
Obverse: | 2 Forint, évszám és BP. verdejel. |
Reverse: | Magyar Népköztársaság felirat és címer. |
Edge: | Plain |
Description: | This coin is also referred to colloquially as bélás. The term "bélás" is an informal name once used in Hungarian for the 2 forint coin, although there are popular beliefs and misconceptions about the name. The name originates from former prison slang and spread among convicts. Some people thought that for a short time there was a coin on which IV. The portrait of our King Béla was visible, but there was no such coin officially in the Hungarian monetary system. |
Engraver: | Boldogfalvi Farkas Sándor |
Motif: | Decoration, Crest |