Lajos Kossuth Father of Hungarian Democracy 5 Forint Hungary Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Freedom Fighter)

Lajos Kossuth Father of Hungarian Democracy 5 Forint Hungary Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Freedom Fighter)

Obverse: Lajos Kossuth facing right
Lettering: MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG
KOSSUTH
Translation: Hungarian People's Republic
Kossuth

Reverse: Small shield above denomination separating date with BP (for Budapest) between shield and numeral
Lettering:
BP.
5
FORINT

Features
Issuer Hungary
Period People's Republic (1949-1989)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1983-1989
Value 5 Forint (5 HUF)
Currency Forint (1946-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 5 g
Diameter 23.4 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 December 1995
Number N# 4056
References KM# 635, Schön# 95a, ÉH# 1636

Wikipedia:
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (Hungarian: [ˈlɒjoʃ ˈkoʃut], Slovak: Ľudovít Košút, archaically English: Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.

With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of Kingdom of Hungary. As the influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior."

Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. He was widely honoured during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849.