Hungary 1537-KB denar
This specimen was lot 71599 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Denar, 1537-KB. Kremnica Mint. Ferdinand I. NGC MS-65. Incredible quality for this minor hammered type, the present Gem exhibits a strong, well centered strike along with a great deal of dazzling brilliance." Ludwig II, the last king of Hungary, was killed at the battle of Mohacs in 1526, leaving his beleaguered domain to be partitioned between the Turks and the Hapsburgs. Ferdinand I was emperor at the time and claimed all of Hungary but had to content himself with a small slice in the west. The Hapsburgs would not conquer the rest of Hungary and Transylvania until the end of the seventeenth century. This type was struck in large quantities 1527-59 at Kremnica (shown here), Pressburg, Hermannstadt and Nagybánya and is readily available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.58 g, 0.500 fine silver, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM MB115, Huszar-935.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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