Hungary 1980-BP 500 forint

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2881

This specimen was lot 2881 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $108. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY: Peoples Republic, AR 500 forint, 1980-BP, XIII Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, figure skaters, mintage of only 1,500 pieces, NGC graded Proof 65 Ultra Cameo, S." This was the first issue of this denomination since the 500 forint struck for Semmelweis in 1968.

Recorded mintage: 12,500 proofs + 1,500 pieforts.

Specification: regular issue: 39.00 g, 0.640 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 619 or KM P26 (piefort).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1968-BP 500 forint, Semmelweis
• 1983 20 forint
• 1988 500 forint, Montagu's harrier, World Wildlife Fund
• Coins and currency dated 1980