Hungary 1560-KB denar
This specimen was lot 75020 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Denar, 1560-KB. Kremnica Mint. Ferdinand I. NGC MS-61. A charming minor denomination, this Mint State specimen features a seated figure of the Madonna with Child." 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 1559-65; the later dates are posthumous.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 15-16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM MB200.
- 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, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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