HUNGARY 

KM 693

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
2 forint 19.2 3.1 1.5 Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
The inscription along the rim: "Hungarian Republic" in Hungarian. In the center Hungarian colchicum plant, below - the year of minting.

A Hungarian Colchicum (Colchicum Hungaricum or Colchicum Doerfleri). From the specific name follows, that this plant occurs from Hungary. Unlike others Colchicums, it blossoms in the end of winter or in the beginning of spring.

 The numerical denomination, decorative line, the word "Forint", mint mark "BP" (Budapest).