Forint
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Forint, or HUF (Hungarian Forint) is the official currency of Hungary. It was introduced on 1 August 1946, after the 1945-1946 hyperinflation. The Hungarian abbreviation for it is Ft.
Historically 1 forint = 100 fillér, but fillér is not in circulation anymore since 1999.
- 1 Forint
- 2 Forint
- 5 Forint
- 10 Forint
- 20 Forint
- 50 Forint
- 100 Forint
- 200 Forint
- 500 Forint
- 1,000 Forint
- 2,000 Forint
- 5,000 Forint
- 10,000 Forint
- 20,000 Forint
| Date | EUR | GBP | USD |
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| 1 January, 2005 | 244.66 | 346.95 | 180.755 |
| 1 January, 2004 | 261.83 | 371.59 | 206.83 |
| 1 January, 2003 | 235.74 | 361.88 | 225.09 |
| 1 January, 2002 | 244.75 | 395.45 | 271.88 |
| 1 January, 2001 | 264.58 | 417.70 | 279.62 |
| 1 January, 2000 | 254.47 | 407.22 | 248.82 |
| 1 January, 1998 | - | 335.98 | 205.18 |
| 1 January, 1995 | - | 173.30 | 110.75 |
| 1 January, 1993 | - | 126.99 | 84.41 |
| 1 January, 1990 | - | 100.23 | 62.54 |
External links
- Official Daily Exchange Rates Archive at the Hungarian National Bank
- Hungarian banknote catalog (including pictures of old forint banknotes)
- Hungarian banknotes (high resolution pictures, also including old forint banknotes)
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| 1 – negotiated an opt-out and is not obliged to join the Eurozone. | |||||||
| 2 – technically obliged to join the Eurozone, but deliberately fails to meet one of the Maastricht criteria (namely membership in ERM II). | |||||||