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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3640992, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s a very special Hungarian mint offering of a 2009 pattern set that I picked up yesterday (this photo is not my exact set, just an example).</p><p><br /></p><p>The last circulating silver coin produced by Hungary was the 200 forint denomination struck from 1992-1998. In 2009, Hungary revived the denomination, creating a modern (base metal) 200 forint coin. At the time this was intended to circulate, the value of the coin was roughly equivalent to a US dollar. Five trial types were produced of this denomination (1,000 pieces of each type) as planchet tests for use by the vending industry. I am not aware of any other Hungarian coin that had trials produced for this type of planchet testing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roughly half of each type were accounted for by the Hungarian mint after testing concluded. Ten years have passed, and the mint decided to make these remaining trials available to the public. 500 sets were assembled of these five trial pieces. These sets were sold directly to collectors by the mint yesterday morning, and were sold out virtually immediately.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungarian 200 Forint Trial Piece Set: From Planning to Realization</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977368[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The designs and specifications of the vending trials were as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 2009 200 Forint Copper Planchet Tests</b></p><p>These are large and small solid planchet test coins. The design was based on the existing bi-metallic 100 forint coin (Hungarian shield obverse), with the denomination changed to 200 forint:</p><ul> <li>Undated (2009) Copper 8.28g 25.16mm x 2.4mm (coin 4 above)</li> <li>Undated (2009) Copper 9.55g 26.68mm x 2.6mm (coin 5 above)</li> </ul><p><b>Hungary 2009 200 Forint Bi-Metallic (Copper/Nickel) Planchet Tests</b></p><p>These two are large and small bi-metallic planchet test coins. Same design as above except for the bi-metallic planchet. The diameters are virtually identical to the types above, however, the weight and thickness are different than for the solid copper planchets.</p><ul> <li>Undated (2009) Bi-metallic 8.16g 25.19mm x 2.25mm (coin 2 above)</li> <li>Undated (2009) Bi-metallic 9.53g 26.7mm x 2.32mm (coin 1 above)</li> </ul><p><b>Hungary 2009 200 Forint Bi-Metallic (Copper/Nickel) Final Planchet Test</b></p><p>The fifth and final test coin is very close to the final specifications used for the 200 forint business strike. Unlike the other four undated pieces, this coin is dated 2009. The design is also virtually identical to the business strike, except the obverse featured a floral design in the center instead of the bridge that ended up on the final version.</p><ul> <li>2009 Bi-metallic 9.05g 28.15mm x 1.93mm (coin 3 above)</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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