15/03/2026
In 2021 the Hungarian National Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank) issued a 2000 forint commemorative coin dedicated to the Magyar Agár, the Hungarian sighthound used in open-field coursing across the Pannonian plain.
The reverse shows two Magyar Agár in full stride, depicted in different phases of the gallop, with a mounted rider in the background, an iconographic reference to mounted hunting. The inscription MAGYAR AGÁR explicitly identifies the breed, something relatively uncommon in numismatic issues dedicated to dogs.
The anatomical rendering is precise: deep chest, long limbs and lean outline, features consistent with a sighthound selected for speed and visual hunting.
This is one of the few modern coin issues in which the sighthound is represented not as a heraldic or symbolic figure, but as a clearly identifiable zoological subject shown in its working context.
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