Gulden (forint) and Gulden = 1 Vereinsthaler. The currency of Hungary is the Hungarian Forint (HUF, Ft) since 1 August 1946. Kronen = 1 Gulden ("Florin", or "forint" in Hungarian) of the previous silver-based currency. Forgery of forint banknotes is not significant. The Hungarian National Film Fund shared 2,078 billion forint from the total production cost. The forint paper money consists exclusively of banknotes. The forint has dropped 30% against the dollar since July. Since 2001, inflation is in single digits, and the forint has been declared fully convertible. The 200 forint coin was made of .500 fine silver. The 200 forint notes were replaced with a new 200 forint coin in 2009. The 200 forint notes have been replaced with a new 200 forint coin in 2009. When paying with cash, the total is to be rounded to 5 forint. The 200 Forint note was withdrawn on 16 November 2009. On 10 October 2008, the Forint dropped by 10%.