Talk:Hungarian forint/Archives/2012

Not only currency still in use

"The forint is the only currency once used by a socialist European state that is still in circulation." This is not true - at least not fully. Polish złoty is in same condition - although after denomination in 1995 banknotes and coins where changed, but it still is złoty. And before denomination old banknotes from before transition to democracy were still valid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.27.35.25 (talk) 13:37, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Award-winner Hungarian coins

Hungary has created the coin of the year in 2008 and 2009. (People's Choice Award)

http://numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=Coty http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=6013

Fillér as currency?

The article states: "Historically the forint was made up of 100 fillér, but fillér have been rendered useless by inflation and have not been in circulation since 1999." But what does it mean? It seems clear that the previous currency, the pengő, was subdivided in 100 fillér. Is the fillér still legal tender as a subdivision of Forints (or at least was it)? Clarifications welcome! --NicApicella 15/Aug/2005

Yes, fillér as such was in use until the 1990s. See this page (and click Következő oldal at the bottom for the next pages). The most interesting coin was the 2 fillér (click the red links to see its both sides), which had a hole in the middle. You can also see that this piece of coin was minted in 1990. -- Adam78 23:14, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! :-) --NicApicella 24/Aug/2005

Link to Nemzeti Bank coins&notes page

I was thinking of adding a link to the (Coins and Notes, sorry, I mean) Coins and Notes page of the National Bank, but it seems that the English language version of the page is not completely in sync with the Hungarian version, as a special case, this millenia variant of the 100 Ft coin is not present.

The page may still worth adding as it displays images of current forint coins and notes, which is an information many people could be interested in; and as the National Bank issues these, this is probably the most definitive page to look for them.

Please advise. – b_jonas 13:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I now see it's already linked above the list of coins and notes. – b_jonas 12:19, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

reference for exchange rate from pengő?

I'm trying to find confirmation of the 4 x 10²⁹ rate of exchange from pengő to forint in 1946. Global Financial Data (http://www.globalfinancialdata.com) which is generally an excellent source for historical currency information, but is not always perfect says 1 forint = 400,000,000 bilpengő = 400,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengő = 4 x 10 ²⁰. I would think it would be easy to find many web sources, but that's the only one I've found. Ingrid 02:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I've been through this myself. There's a problem with understanding the meaning of worlds like quadrillion. (http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/index.php3?action=detailedinfo&id=5347) gives the exchange rate as 400,000 quadrillion. This is using the quadrillion to mean (in the original, European sense) a million million million million, i.e., 10^{24. The rate therefore corresponds to 4×1029.}

I don't think that's true. In the Global Financial Data currency histories table (an excel spreadsheet), they show: "1 HUF = 400,000,000,000,000,000,000 HUP" where HUF is Hungarian forint, and HUP is Hungarian pengő, which would be 400,000 quadrillion in modern usage. The banknotes do use "milliard" to mean thousand million, and a bilpengő is a million million pengő, not a (modern) billion pengő, but I don't think GFD follows this practice anywhere. Ingrid 23:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

And while we're here, the link Dove1950 gave above to GFD implies that the adópengő was introduced in July at a value of 2 billion billion pengő, but Hungarian pengő says that it was introduced in January at par and changed value relative to the pengő. References would be great if anyone has one. Ingrid 00:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, first thing first. Billion means a million million in Europe. The US usage is a later definition which has not replaced the original on this side of the Atlantic. It is not the "modern" usage. GFD has got 400,000 quadrillion right in the text but then got it wrong in the Excel chart. The description of the adopengő is also incorrect (I didn't check that, sorry). A better reference is http://shoebox.heindorffhus.dk/frame-HungaryInflationHistory.htm, which tells the full story through Hungarian stamps.
Dove1950 22:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

My reference for calling it modern was good old, always right Wikipedia long and short scales. Thanks for the link. I doubted it because the crazy inflation was bad, but not that bad until July. Ingrid 23:33, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Missing scans

If you have any of the banknotes or coins missing in GOOD CONDITION, please upload the scans.

--Timur lenk 12:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Remove Hungarian forint#History of coins and notes

I think this section should be gone, as now more detailed information are available about the pre-1997 forint coins and notes. I wrote the section when those information wasn't in the article anymore. Before the removal, some information of that section might need to be merged to the sections above. I'm just too lazy to do anything about it right now, sorry. – b_jonas 12:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

agree. --Chochopk 18:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Allow me to properly expand the coin and banknotes sections to cover the full history (hopefully later today).
Dove1950 13:13, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:HUF 100 1992 obverse.jpg

Image:HUF 100 1992 obverse.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 23:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No Canadian Pennies?

The sentence: "Although in Serbia forints and fillers have not been in circulation since the 1920s, it is worth noticing that this expression is equivalent to the English expression used in countries that do not use pennies and pounds like Canada, USA and Australia" Under "Proverbs and expressions in other languages"

Incorrectly states that Canada and the USA does not have a penny. The penny is a common name for the 1 cent coin in both countries.

131.104.81.49 (talk) 19:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

- It is not true that, we here in Serbia (Vojvodina) say "nemam mi filera", we say "nemam ni dinara", which means " i haven't got a dinar (i haven't got a penny). I am from Subotica, northern part of Serbia where many hungarians live and i never heard about this expression. Maybe hungarians say that but nobody else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dzajic90 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Inflation again.

It seems that all the currencies ever used by Hungary suffered serious inflation. Just wondering how many Austro-Hungarian gulden would equal one forint today? 84.9.15.16 (talk) 09:09, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

In the past

• 100 Kreuzer = 1 Florin
• 100 Filler = 1 Korona = 1 Pengo = 1 Florint Böri (talk) 13:00, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Questionable assertions...

As a member of the European Union, the long term aim of the Hungarian government is to replace the forint with the euro. LOL. Well I think that interest is obsolete, since the Euro problems are just too many currently (let alone countries like Greece and Portugal somewhat "living off" the other nations), so it's very questionable if the Hungarian administration would still strive to get rid of their long-established currency. And so are citizens' opinions as well. -andy 77.191.220.116 (talk) 13:11, 25 May 2012 (UTC)