Posted: 16 Jun 2003 15:13
Lilman424 wrote: What IS a forint?
Well...
Forint is the currency in Hungary since 1946, after the hyperinflation of pengő (the fastest and largest inflation of all time, with special thanks to our Soviet friends...) couldn't be stopped, and by the returning of the gold deposits of the National Bank made it possible to create a new currency.
And just some addition: forint was a currency in Hungary many times before (like the Anjou-kings, oh, sorry, that's Angevins for you, and the 1848 revolution &c, &c).
And looking back in history, what do you think the origin of the word forint is? Well, you guessed it! It's Florence! And it's legal tender was fiorentino... By the way: what did you call the Holland tender, if not gulden or forint?
Well...
Forint is the currency in Hungary since 1946, after the hyperinflation of pengő (the fastest and largest inflation of all time, with special thanks to our Soviet friends...) couldn't be stopped, and by the returning of the gold deposits of the National Bank made it possible to create a new currency.
And just some addition: forint was a currency in Hungary many times before (like the Anjou-kings, oh, sorry, that's Angevins for you, and the 1848 revolution &c, &c).
And looking back in history, what do you think the origin of the word forint is? Well, you guessed it! It's Florence! And it's legal tender was fiorentino... By the way: what did you call the Holland tender, if not gulden or forint?