Old 100 forint coin:
Ring: nickel-coated steel
Core: steel coated with alloy of copper (75%) and zinc (25%)
New 100 forint coin:
Ring: alloy of copper (65%), nickel (15%) and zinc (20%)
Core: alloy of copper (75%), nickel (4%) and zinc (21%)
(news from Alexey Malykh and Pabitra Saha)
LINK: Central Bank of Hungary
Actually, it is not a more up-to-date metal alloy but good old-fashioned and more expensive option. Very strange when most countries move in the exact opposite direction, towards coated steel coins. At the same time Poland switched from copper-nickel to copper-nickel coated steel.
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