Currency of Hungary: Hungarian forint, today's rate Ft
The Hungarian Forint is the currency of Hungary. The code of Hungarian forint is HUF. We use Ft as symbol of Hungarian forint. The Hungarian Forint is divided in 100 fillérs. HUF is regulated by Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
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- the Hungarian forint was introduced in 23 Jul 1946 (78 years ago).
- There are 6 coins for the Hungarian forint ( Ft5 , Ft10 , Ft20 , Ft50 , Ft100 and Ft200 ),
- the Hungarian forint has 6 banknotes ( Ft500 , Ft1000 , Ft2000 , Ft5000 , Ft10000 and Ft20000 )
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The Hungarian Forint
Do you know what 400,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengoes are worth? At the end of its brief life as coinage in 1946, that was the value of 1 Forint… Hungary suffered a period of hyperinflation in the mid-20th century, surpassed only by Yugoslavia a few years later. This wave of inflation began at the end of the war, when Hungary decided to pay off its debts by printing paper money. To begin with, the government tried to save face by introducing the Milpengoe (=1,000,000 Pengoes) in May 1946, and then the Bilpengoe (=1,000,000,000,000 Pengoes) in June of the same year, but the effort failed.
The Hungarian word, Forint, derives from the word Florin, originally a coin minted in Florence. The Forint is subdivided into 100 Fillers, the name of which comes from the Austro-Hungarian word Heller, derived in turn from the German word vier meaning four.
Although Hungary ceased to be a monarchy after WWII, its former great national kings continue to appear on its banknotes: Mátyás (1443-1490), St. Stephan (967-1038), Róbert Károly (1288-1342), Ferenc Rákóczi II(1676-1735).
Current 10 and 100 Forint coin issues carry a coat of arms, and the 20 Forint coin is decorated with a Florentine Lily motif. Hungarian money has sometimes been minted in very original styles, such as the unconventional issue of square or rectangular commemorative coins, and even the issue of one coin as a semi-circular disc.
HUF All currencies
HUF/currency | Converter | |
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Hungarian forint to euro | 1 HUF = 0.0025 EUR | |
Hungarian forint to Nepalese rupee | 1 HUF = 0.3628 NPR | |
Hungarian forint to Canadian dollar | 1 HUF = 0.0037 CAD | |
Hungarian forint to UAE dirham | 1 HUF = 0.0100 AED | |
Hungarian forint to Vietnamese dong | 1 HUF = 69.0597 VND | |
Hungarian forint to Sri Lankan rupee | 1 HUF = 0.8186 LKR | |
Hungarian forint to Bosnia-Herzegovina convertible mark | 1 HUF = 0.0050 BAM | |
Hungarian forint to Pakistani rupee | 1 HUF = 0.7545 PKR | |
Hungarian forint to Malaysian ringgit | 1 HUF = 0.0130 MYR | |
Hungarian forint to British pound | 1 HUF = 0.0022 GBP |
All currencies HUF
currency/HUF | Converter | |
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Indian rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 INR = 4.4042 HUF | |
South Korean won to Hungarian forint | 1 KRW = 0.2680 HUF | |
US dollar to Hungarian forint | 1 USD = 367.8688 HUF | |
Bangladeshi taka to Hungarian forint | 1 BDT = 3.3615 HUF | |
Pakistani rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 PKR = 1.3253 HUF | |
UAE dirham to Hungarian forint | 1 AED = 100.1688 HUF | |
euro to Hungarian forint | 1 EUR = 392.8140 HUF | |
Malaysian ringgit to Hungarian forint | 1 MYR = 77.0489 HUF | |
British pound to Hungarian forint | 1 GBP = 458.6302 HUF | |
Saudi riyal to Hungarian forint | 1 SAR = 98.0696 HUF |
Major currencies
currency | ISO 4217 |
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Indian rupee | INR |
US dollar | USD |
Bangladeshi taka | BDT |
Pakistani rupee | PKR |
UAE dirham | AED |
euro | EUR |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR |
British pound | GBP |
Saudi riyal | SAR |
Nigerian naira | NGN |