Where did this money come from?
Hungarian forint
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
4 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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The incoming line
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Predecessor1892
Austrian guldenDocumentedPredecessor1920
Austro-Hungarian kroneDocumentedPredecessor1927
Hungarian koronaDocumentedPredecessor1946
Hungarian pengőDocumentedThis currencyHUF
Hungarian forintDates, conversion terms and evidence 4 connections
Austrian gulden Austro-Hungarian krone
1892Documented0.5 Austrian gulden = 1 Austro-Hungarian kroneThe krone replaced the gulden at two kronen per gulden. Gulden notes continued through the transition to 1900.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hungarian pengő Hungarian forint
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austro-Hungarian krone Hungarian korona
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hungarian korona Hungarian pengő
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.