Hungary 2006-BP 100000 forint

Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 43263

This specimen was lot 43263 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 100000 Forint, 2006-BP. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution. Hard mirrored fields with frosted cameo devices." The 1956 revolt against communist rule was swiftly crushed by Russian invasion. The commemorative was accompanied by KM 789 (copper-nickel 50 forint) and KM 795 (silver 5,000 forint).

Recorded mintage: 5,000 proofs.

Specification: 20.95 g, 0.986 fine gold, 38.61 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-638, KM 796.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• Hungary 1993-BP 10000 forint
• 2001 20,000 forint, millennium of Hungarian coinage
• 2012 10,000 forint, piefort, Charles Robert goldgulden
• 2016 20,000 forint, István Széchenyi and the 225th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Coins and currency dated 2006
• return to coins of Hungary