The fillér was the name of various small change coin

Coin

A coin is a piece of hard material that is standardized in weight, is produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade, and primarily can be used as a legal tender token for commerce in the designated country, region, or territory....

s throughout Hungarian history

History of Hungary

Hungary is a country in central Europe. Its history under this name dates to the early Middle Ages, when the Pannonian Basin was colonized by the Magyars, a semi-nomadic people from what is now central-northern Russia...

. It was the subdivision of the Austro-Hungarian

Austro-Hungarian krone

The Krone or korona was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892 until the dissolution of the empire in 1918...

 and the Hungarian korona

Hungarian korona

The Hungarian korona was the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary. It suffered a serious inflation and was replaced by the pengő in 1925...

, the pengő

Hungarian pengo

The pengő was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927, when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint. The pengő was subdivided into 100 fillér...

 and the forint

Hungarian forint

The forint is the currency of Hungary. It is divided into 100 fillér, although fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step of the post-WWII stabilization of the Hungarian economy, and the currency remained relatively stable until...

. The name derives from the German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 word Vierer that means 'number four' in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. Originally it was the name of the four-Kreuzer

Kreuzer

The Kreuzer, in English usually kreutzer, was a silver coin and unit of currency existing in the southern German states prior to the unification of Germany, and in Austria.-Early history:...

 coin. The last fillér coin, worth 50 fillér (0.5 forint) was removed from circulation in 1999, but it continues to be used in calculations, for example in the price of petrol (e.g. 310.9 HUF), or in the prices of telephone calls.

See also

• Coins of the Austro-Hungarian krone
  Coins of the Austro-Hungarian krone
  Austro-Hungarian krone coins were minted with different design in Austria and Hungary.-Coins of Austria:The Austrian coins were minted in Vienna. Denominated coins for Austria: 1, 2, 10 and 20 Heller; 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 Corona...
  
  
• Coins of the Hungarian pengő
  Coins of the Hungarian pengo
  Hungarian pengő coins were part of the physical form of Hungary's historical currency, the Hungarian pengő. Initially, higher value coins were made of silver to reflect value and stability. Later, during the second world war, these coins were replaced first by banknotes and later by aluminium coins...
  
  
• Coins of the Hungarian forint
  Coins of the Hungarian forint
  Hungarian forint coins are part of the physical form of current Hungarian currency, the Hungarian forint. Modern forint coins are stroke since 1946 and reflect the changes of the post-WWII Hungarian history.-Republic issues :After the trauma of the Second World War and the hyperinflation of...