3 June 2024
In consideration of the result of the public consultation with regards to the themes, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) has compiled its collector coin issuance programme for 2025. Next year, the Bank plans to issue 24 collector coins in a total of fourteen themes, continuing eight series launched earlier. The programme includes one gold, eight silver and five individual non-ferrous metal coins. To maximise their role in promoting values, a non-ferrous metal version of the precious metal collector coins will be issued, continuing the practice of previous years.
On the basis of the comments and recommendations received in response to the public consultation, the MNB has developed its 2025 collector coin issuance programme, which is expected to include 24 collector coins in fourteen themes and to continue eight previously launched popular coin series.
In the spirit of historical fidelity, the ‘Országépítő királyok Árpád dinasztiájából’ (‘Nation-building Sovereigns from the Árpád Dynasty’) series will be extended with gold, silver and non-ferrous metal coins to honour Saint Ladislaus. These coins include the most valuable coin planned to be released next year: a pure gold coin of 1 ounce.
Two silver collector coin series will continue: The series featuring Hungarian counties and county towns will be extended with the themes of Békés county and Békéscsaba following the alphabetical order. The 2025 instalment of the rectangle-shaped ‘National Parks’ series will showcase the defining features of the Aggtelek National Park, celebrating 40 years of its existence next year.
Popular non-ferrous metal coin series will also be extended next year: as a part of the collector’s series dating back to several decades featuring Hungarian engineers and inventors, the central bank is planning to issue rectangle-shaped non-ferrous metal coins to honour Mária Telkes, one of the pioneers of solar energy research. With its hexagonal shape, the series featuring the ‘Nemzeti Hauszmann Program’ (‘National Hauszmann Programme’) stands out from the other non-ferrous metal coins. The former headquarters of the Red Cross will be featured in the coin design as a part of the ‘Nemzeti Hauszmann Program’ (‘National Hauszmann Programme’) series.
Also included in next year’s coin issuance programme are such non-ferrous metal coin series as the ones featuring Hungarian shepherd and hunting dog breeds, the Hungarian folk tales animated series and the one featuring national memorial sites. In 2025, another Hungarian shepherd dog, the Kuvasz will be featured on a collector coin; the 4th piece of the fairytale series is inspired by the tale of the hard-working and the idle daughters; and lastly a collector coin with the parameters typical of the series will be issued in honour of the national memorial site of the Castle Quarter of Buda.
Next year, the central bank is planning to issue silver coins with standard parameters in 6 different themes. Anniversaries related to outstanding figures in Hungarian literature and linguistics, as well as defining commemorative dates in Hungarian education and scientific life provide worthy opportunities to do so: The silver coin themes include the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mór Jókai, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Teréz Brunszvik, founder of the first Hungarian kindergartens, the 400th anniversary of the birth of János Apáczai Csere, as well as the bicentenary of the founding of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and that of the special, institutionalised form of educating the visually impaired. Analogous with the previous collector coins with a legal theme, a standard silver collector coin will be issued in 2025 to honour the 150th anniversary of the Hungarian Bar Association.
The details of the MNB’s collector coin programme for 2025 are shown in the table below:
In its collector coin issuance programme for 2025, the MNB still respects the principle, created in 2014, that a non-ferrous metal version of all precious metal coins will also be issued at a lower face value. This design will not only expand choice, but it will also help the promotion of the collector coins as well as their educational role due to their lower price more effectively.
The MNB reserves the right to change any aspects of the programme. Final data will be determined by the decrees of the Governor published in the Hungarian Official Journal (Magyar Közlöny).