7,500 forint – Katalin Karikó

On 19 June 2024, the Magyar Nemzeti Bank will expand its series of collector coins presenting Nobel Prize winners of Hungarian origin and their work by two additions. The 8th and 9th items of the series, which began in 2012, honour Katalin Karikó biochemist, the first Hungarian woman to win the Nobel Prize, and Ferenc Krausz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Both collector coins will be issued in two versions: silver with a face value of 7,500 forints and non-ferrous metal with a face value of 3,000 forints. The ‘Karikó Katalin’ collector coin was designed by applied artist András Szilos and sculptor Mihály Fritz and the ‘Krausz Ferenc’ collector coin by applied artist Balázs Bitó.