forintn.
/ˈfɒrɪnt/, U.S. /ˈfɔˌrɪnt/ The principal monetary unit of Hungary; a coin of this denomination.
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1946 Times 31 Aug. 7/4 The National Bank of Hungary's buying rate for sterling remittances from the United Kingdom is at present 46.96 forint = £1.
1947 Statesman's Year-bk. 1001 A decree of 26 July, 1946, issued by the Hungarian Government..instituted a new monetary unit, the ‘forint’, subdivided into 100 ‘fillér’.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 383 Hungary, declared a republic in 1946, began a new coinage with a new unit, the forint consisting of 100 filler.
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