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 Pakistani rupee | 1 HUF = 0.7602 PKR | |
Hungarian forint to Sri Lankan rupee | 1 HUF = 0.8107 LKR | |
Hungarian forint to Bosnia-Herzegovina convertible mark | 1 HUF = 0.0050 BAM | |
Hungarian forint to Saudi riyal | 1 HUF = 0.0102 SAR | |
Hungarian forint to UAE dirham | 1 HUF = 0.0100 AED | |
Hungarian forint to British pound | 1 HUF = 0.0022 GBP | |
Hungarian forint to Nigerian naira | 1 HUF = 3.4947 NGN | |
Hungarian forint to Canadian dollar | 1 HUF = 0.0037 CAD | |
Hungarian forint to Indonesian rupiah | 1 HUF = 44.3060 IDR |
All currencies HUF
currency/HUF | Converter | |
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Malaysian ringgit to Hungarian forint | 1 MYR = 76.6426 HUF | |
Indian rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 INR = 4.3973 HUF | |
US dollar to Hungarian forint | 1 USD = 366.2734 HUF | |
Bangladeshi taka to Hungarian forint | 1 BDT = 3.3383 HUF | |
Pakistani rupee to Hungarian forint | 1 PKR = 1.3155 HUF | |
UAE dirham to Hungarian forint | 1 AED = 99.7237 HUF | |
British pound to Hungarian forint | 1 GBP = 457.8840 HUF | |
euro to Hungarian forint | 1 EUR = 392.7550 HUF | |
Saudi riyal to Hungarian forint | 1 SAR = 97.6582 HUF | |
Nigerian naira to Hungarian forint | 1 NGN = 0.2861 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 |
British pound | GBP |
euro | EUR |
Saudi riyal | SAR |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR |
Nigerian naira | NGN |