Hungary 2016-BP 20000 forint
This specimen was lot 75864 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 20000 Forint, 2016-BP. Budapest Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. István Széchenyi and the 225th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Mintage of only 5,000 pieces." Wikipedia comments, "Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (1791-1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary he is still known to many as 'the Greatest Hungarian'." Amazingly, he achieved this status while serving only five months in office in 1848. At present (November 2025), US$1 = 334 forint, giving this coin a face value of $59.78.
Recorded mintage: 5,000 proofs.
Specification: 77.76 g, 0.925 fine silver, 52.5 mm diameter, designed by Fritz Mihály.
Catalog reference: KM-914.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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