Collector coin to mark the ‘One With Nature’ World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition

27 September 2021

The Magyar Nemzeti Bank will issue a silver collector coin of HUF 15,000 in face value, with gold-coated inlay on one side and its non-ferrous metal version of HUF 2,000 with no inlay to mark the ‘One With Nature’ World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition to be held in Hungary. On account of its design, the silver collector coin is truly a rarity in the series of central bank issuances.

On the occasion of the successful World of Hunting Exhibition held in Budapest in 1971, Hungary is organising an international hunting and nature exhibition in 2021. By organising the ‘One With Nature’ World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition, Hungary aims to demonstrate nature conservation in an authentic and modern manner through the example of forest and game management and fish farming, involving Hungarian and international participants. A key objective of this programme series is to shape social thinking resulting in strong nature conservation, the preservation of our values, the clarification of the phrase of sustainable utilisation of nature in Hungary for a reasonable and careful development of our civilisation.

The Bank will issue a silver collector coin of HUF 15,000 in face value, with gold-coated inlay on one (the obverse) side and its non-ferrous metal version of HUF 2,000 with no inlay to mark the ‘One With Nature’ World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition to be held in Hungary.

The primary function of the ‘Egy a Természettel – Vadászati és Természeti Világkiállítás’ (One With Nature World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition) collector coins is to offer education and raise awareness; therefore, they are not to be used in everyday payments. Their face value serves to preserve the value the coins represent to collectors.

The silver and the non-ferrous metal versions are issued with the same design, with their denominations being the only difference. The collector coins were designed by applied artist, László Szlávics Jr.

In their design, the collector coins are adjusted to the design scheme of the One With Nature World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition.On the obverse, the emblematic logo of the world exhibition serves as the central motif which is featured on a thin, gold-coated silver plate in ornamental tracery also known as an inlay. The inlay was fixed on the coin during mintage.The logo is shown as a relief on the non-ferrous metal versions.On the edge of the obverse, in a circular legend, at the top, the title of the international event, ‘EGY A TERMÉSZETTEL VADÁSZATI ÉS TERMÉSZETI VILÁGKIÁLLÍTÁS’ is seen and at the bottom, between two leaf motifs, the inscription ‘MAGYARORSZÁG’ (Hungary) and the mint year ‘2021’ are found and with coin designer, László Szlávics Jr.’s master mark inside the right leaf motif.

The obverse of the ‘Egy a Természettel – Vadászati és Természeti Világkiállítás’ collector coin

On the reverse, in a centre field surrounded by a circular line, the representation of the trophy of a red deer stag shot in Karapancsa, in the Gemenc forest in 1986, which was a world record with the illustration of a leaf lending one of the design elements of the World Exhibition. Between the two ends of the antlers on the trophy representation, in three horizontal lines, the denominations ‘15,000’ and ‘2,000’, the lettering ‘FORINT’ and the mint mark ‘BP.’ are seen. To the right of the trophy the inscription ‘KARAPANCSAI BIKA’ (The stud from Karapancsa) is placed. On the edge of the reverse, in a circular legend, the names of the places hosting the World Exhibition ‘BUDAPEST’, ‘HATVAN’, ‘KESZTHELY’ and ‘VÁSÁROSNAMÉNY’ are featured in alphabetical order each separated by a leaf motif and and six leafy branch motifs at the bottom.

The reverse of ‘Egy a Természettel – Vadászati és Természeti Világkiállítás’ collector coins

Both collector coins are 38.4 mm in diameter. Their edge is smooth. The silver coin with a face value of HUF 15,000 is struck in .925 fine silver and weighs 32.5 grams. The non-ferrous metal coin with a face value of HUF 2,000 is produced from an alloy of copper (75%) and nickel (25%) and weighs 30.8 grams. The mintage limit of the silver collector coins with gold-coated inlay is 5,000 pieces in proof-like finish and that of the non-ferrous metal is 7,000 pieces in BU finish.

To promote the collector coins' role to transfer value and raise awareness as widely as possible as widely as possible, the ‘Egy a Természettel – Vadászati és Természeti Világkiállítás’ silver collector coins will be available for purchase for three months from the date of issuance, --and the non-ferrous metal version for one year at face value, in the coinshop of Hungarian Mint Ltd., the producer and the distributor of the coins (Budapest, distr. V, 7 Báthory street) and its webshop (https://www.penzvero.hu/) as long as stocks last.