Hungarian Forint Coin Designer Dies
- 18 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
"István Bartos, one of the designers of the forint coins minted in 1993, and still in use died on Tuesday, his family announced. Bartos died at the State Institute for the Physically Handicapped, where he had been living and working in a wheelchair since 1976.
Bartos is associated with one of the sides of the 5, 10, 20 and 50 forint coins."
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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