The coin has been presented by the National Bank of Hungary and Bp2017 LLC. (in charge of organising and conducting the World Championships) at a press conference.

The reverse side of coins to be issued are identical to that of the currently used HUF 50 coin while the obverse side will be decorated with the logo of the 17th FINA World Championships instead of the saker falcon.

The coin has been presented at a press conference exactly a month ahead of the opening ceremony of the World Championships and it was attended by Tünde Szabó, Minister of State for Sport, Tibor Pataki, Head of Directorate Cash Logistics, Éva Szántó, Executive Director at Bp2017 LLC., Sándor Balogh, Director of Finance at Bp2017 LLC. and Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic silver and bronze medallist, World Championships bronze medallist and European champion swimmer, one of the 17th FINA World Championships ambassadors.

The obverse side of the coin was designed by István Kósa. Concerning its technical parameters, the coin is identical to the HUF 50 coin in use: alloy of copper (75%) and nickel (25%), weighs 7.70 grams, diameter is 27.4 mm, flange is 1.8 mm, smooth side.

The general public may encounter the special coin in the cash flow later on. It has not yet been launched, collectors can find the brilliant uncirculated coins in the coin shop of Hungarian Mint Ltd. at 7 Báthory street Budapest (district V.) as well as in the retail cashier’s office of the Central Bank located at 1 Kiss Ernő street Budapest (district V.) by money change for three months after issuing.

Two million pieces of the commemorative strike of the HUF 50 coin will be issued. 12 000 gift-wrapped first strike coins (brilliant uncirculated) will be available for purchase from 14 June, the day of issuing, through the sales network of the Hungarian Mint Ltd., in the coin shop operated by the company and in the webshop available through the website of the company. (http://penzvero.hu/).

7000 pieces of the new HUF 50 proof coins (of unique striking) will be distributed by the Hungarian Mint Ltd. together with the entire series of HUF coins for circulation during and following the 17th FINA World Championships.

Source: fina-budapest2017.com