Is This the Last Silver Standard Coin?

N#11 is more recent and marked as standard circulation, although I doubt that. Also, N#593 is partly silver, as is N#590.

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic59898.html

I think Mexico 2007 100 Pesos is the winner for all circulating coins and Mexico 1995 10 and 20 Nuevos Pesos for standard circulating coins.

Not even in Europe. For example, the silver German 5 DM coin was issued through 1974.

Does bi-metallic count as a silver coin, or a coin with silver?

Apparently so as the three coins I listed above are all bi-metallic.

What about the Hungarian 200 Forint?

Aidan.

BCNumismatics

What about the Hungarian 200 Forint?

 

Aidan.

N#10042

N#6505

Indeed,

millions struck,  but did they circulate? 

Would people pay for dinner with them? 

Or did they stick them under the floor?

if so good move.

edit to add, If I am doing my math right, these coins contain north of 2000 forint worth of silver today.

Well the first loses since it was last minted in 1993.  The second was last minted in large numbers (5 million) in 1994 so it also loses (assuming the puny 85k in 1995 didn't circulate). If it did then it's a tie.

Mr. Midnight

BCNumismatics

What about the Hungarian 200 Forint?

 

Aidan.

N#10042

N#6505

Indeed,

millions struck,  but did they circulate? 

Would people pay for dinner with them? 

Or did they stick them under the floor?

if so good move.

edit to add, If I am doing my math right, these coins contain north of 2000 forint worth of silver today.

 

 

 

 

Yes, they did circulate. I was a kid back then but I do remember to find them in circulation from time to time. 

I think the idea behind the silver coin was to support the trust in the currency. After the fall of communism the inflation was quite high, double digits for years. But issuing a silver coin was naive, to be honest. Pretty much everybody just hoarded it as soon as found one. Plus the inflation caugh up with the silver value of them pretty quickly, that's why they stopped issuing them in meaningful numbers in 1994 and they are demonetised by 1998.

It's current bullion value is over 4000 Ft, not 2000.

Were the 85k minted in 1995 put into circulation or just the 5 million from 1994?

I think that the 1995 coins were also in circulation. With some googling I found a bunch of examples that are clearly circulated:

- https://www.vatera.hu/1995-ezust-200-forint-deak-ferenc-1-forint-nma-3486256322.html

- https://www.vatera.hu/katalogus/200-forint-1995-1-darab-3304333052.html

- https://www.vatera.hu/katalogus/deak-ferenc-200-forint-1995-ezust-12g-kiv-3081748145.html

- https://www.forintportal.hu/forint/200_forint/www_forintportal_hu_1995_200_forint_vf-unc.jpg

- https://www.forintportal.hu/forint/1995_200_forint.php

Thanks. Then it would be a tie.  You should add this information to the other post that limits the date to 1994. I don't know why the 1995 didn't count.  @Rajbarage ?