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Description:
Obverse
This silver collector coin is commemorating the 200th anniversary of birth of the composer, actor and librettist Benjamin Egressy.
The obverse of the Egressy collector coin shows the notes to the first line of the "Szózat" (poem of Mihály Vörösmarty) which became a symbolic work and Hungary's so called second national anthem. The portrait of Egressy is shown on the reverse. The coin has been designed by Szlávics László Jr.
The coin is part of the international collector programme "Europe" featuring the common topic "European composers" in 2014.
Reverse
Lettering:
EGRESSY BÉNI 1814-1851
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