Budapest, 2 November 2016 – The Magyar Nemzeti Bank will issue a non-ferrous metal commemorative coin with a face value of HUF 2000 for the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Fight for Independence on 3 November 2016. The commemorative coin series was launched at the initiative of the National Heritage Institution in 2014. This issuance means a valuable contribution to the series depicting the Hungarian national memorial sites and follows the presentation of Somogyvár-Kupavár and Mohács.
The commemorative coin of Rákoskeresztúr New Public Cemetery National Memorial Site is legal tender. The compulsory elements are placed on the obverse: the inscription ‘MAGYARORSZÁG’, the value numeral ‘2000 forint’ the mint mark ‘BP.’ produced with special micro lettering as well as the mint year ‘2016’, which are the elements of all legal tender. On the obverse the stylised representation of two carved graveyard poles refers to the headstones in lots 298 and 301, which is part of the national memorial site.
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Lots 298, 300 and 301 in the New Public Cemetery in Rákoskeresztúr known collectively as the national park of grief became a national memorial site in 2012. Lots 298, 300 and 301 are the “graveyard memorial” of the post-1945 Hungarian history, where lie the mortal remains of politicians, soldiers, public figures, ordinary people and students who were convicted and executed as a result of show trials based on a collection of spurious charges after 1945 and 1956. Before 1990 the memorial served as the place for silent protests against the regime in power. Nowadays it is the most important symbolic scene of the post-World War II history of Hungary, the place of national recollection and mourning, the memento of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Fight for Independence. From the three lots number 301 became a concept: the memorial of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The majority of the graves here are the ones where all the victims of the retaliation were buried following the Revolution in 1956. The 301 specially carved graveyard poles in the plot were erected in their final places in 1989. On the thematic side of the commemorative coin the stone marking lot 301 was given a prominent place. Behind it the representation of carved graveyard poles in lots 298, 300, 301 in the Rákoskeresztúr New Public Cemetery and a bell tower is featured in the background. On the edge of the reverse side the circular legend reads “RÁKOSKERESZTÚR NEW PUBLIC CEMETERY NATIONAL MEMORIAL”. The inscription is completed by the dual knotted emblem of national memorial sites appearing as a common element on the coins of the series issued earlier. |
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The commemorative coin was designed by Kligl Sándor, a Munkácsy Prize awarded sculpture, who received the Knight’s Cross of Order of Merit of Hungary in 2012. His master mark is shown at the lower right edge on the reverse.
The collector coin is minted from an alloy of copper (90%) and nickel (10%). It weighs 18.4 grams and it is 37 mm in diameter and has a reeded edge. The mintage limit of the coins is 5,000 in a bronze coated finish.
To facilitate the enforcement of the coins' value transferring and educational role as widely as possible the non-ferrous metal commemorative coin with a face value of HUF 2000 can be purchased without time constraint, subject to availability, at the face value from 3 November 2016 onwards at the coin shop of Hungarian Mint Ltd. (17 Hold u., distr. V, Budapest), and in the webshop on the company’s website (http://penzvero.hu/).
Magyar Nemzeti Bank