Hungary 1906-KB filler
This specimen was lot 30658 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,233.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Filler, 1906-KB. NGC MS-64 RB. Low mintage year. From the Demarete Collection." This type was issued for Hungary in 1892-1906 and 1914 from the Kremnitz (Komoczbanya in Magyar) mint during the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary. After the reorganization of the Hapsburg empire into the Dual Monarchy in 1867, Hungary received her own coinage separate from Austrian issues. In the aftermath of World War One, the Hapsburg monarchy collapsed and Hungary became independent but without its former territories in Slovakia, Transylvania and Croatia.
Recorded mintage: 61,246 (a rare date).
Specification: bronze, 1.67 g, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Herinek 96, Veselý 163, KM-480; Huszar-2212.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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