Tibetan Scholar Commemorative

[mmarotta]

In the "World Banknote" Forum, a question about Tibetan writing came up.

 

Kőrösi Csoma Sándor

First name is Sándor = Alexander

Family names = Kőrösi Csoma

Hungarian, like other Asian languages, puts the family name first and the given name last.

 

He traveled to Tibet as much to seek the roots of the Hungarian people and their language, as for the intellectual challenge of bringing the Tibetan language to the West. He was subsidized at least twice by stipends from British sources.

 

Nice enough thumbnail biography on Wikipedia under "Sándor Kőrösi Csoma."

Fuller biography in English at this Hungarian site:

http://csoma.mtak.hu/en/csoma-elete.htm

 

If you goto Don's World Coin Gallery, for Hungary, and scroll down the link will take you to a nice scan.

KM#638 100 Forint 1984)

(Mine was too large to upload despite working on it. Reverse only is below.)

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Hungary.php

 

(Image removed 24Sept2010 - mm)