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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 12547372, member: 46237&quot;]<b>Hungary 2002BP Copper-Nickel 500 Forint</b></p><p>Rubik&#039;s Cube (Rubik Kocka)</p><p>KM-765 (2002)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hungarian inventor Rubik Ernő came up with the idea for the Rubik&#039;s cube in 1974 while he was a professor of architecture at the Budapest College of Applied Arts. He patented his idea in 1975 (the date shown on the cube on the obverse) and the rest is history. This square coin was struck in 2002 to honor the legacy of his invention (it was also struck as a proof).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1528022[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>*** BONUS ***</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes my top 10 has 11 coins. Here&#039;s the last one:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 2002BP Bi-Metallic (Brass-Plated Steel/Stainless Steel) 100 Forint (Lajos Kossuth)</b></p><p>KM-760 (2002)</p><p>NGC PF67 ULTRA CAMEO</p><p><br /></p><p>Kossuth Lajos (known as the George Washington of Hungary) visited the US in exile in 1851-1852. His speeches had a significant impact on Abraham Lincoln, and he is one of only two foreigners to be honored with a bust in the rotunda of the US Capitol building.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider this type to be Hungary&#039;s most beautiful modern circulating commemorative. It was struck in 2002 with three different finishes: a business strike, a prooflike collector strike, and a proof strike. The center of this bi-metallic coin features the obverse of the Kossuth Lajos commemorative 5 forint of 1946. So in this way it is not only a Kossuth Lajos commemorative, but also a coin which commemorates Hungarian coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1528025[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The original silver coin was struck in 1946 and again in 1947 on a thinner planchet.</p><p>Here&#039;s an example of the obverse of the original 1946BP AR 5 Forint KM-534:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1528023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck again in 1966 and 1967 as a silver proof.</p><p>Here&#039;s the obverse of one of my examples of the 1966BP AR 5 Forint KM-534b proof:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1528024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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