HUF

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HUF
Stands forHungarian forint
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

HUF stands for Hungarian forint, a currency abbreviation.

Hungary's currency, issued by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank. It was introduced in 1946 after the worst hyperinflation ever recorded, and its theoretical subunit, the filler, is no longer used.

Example: The Budapest thermal bath ticket costs HUF 11,000.

Usage notes

During the 1946 pengo hyperinflation, prices doubled roughly every 15 hours at the peak, the highest rate on record. The name forint comes from Florence, whose gold florins circulated in medieval Hungary. Prices are written Ft.

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