Hungary 1918-KB 20 korona
This specimen was lot 41099 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Gold Restrike 20 Korona, 1918-KB (2010). Kremnitz Mint. NGC PROOF-69 CAMEO. From a mintage of only 100 pieces. Essentially perfect with reflective, mirror-like fields and stunningly contrasted raised designs. A key modern issue due to the rarity of the original striking, it being the only date for the design to be issued in the name of Karl I. From the Collection of Dr. James Eustace Bizzell, II." Karl I succeeded his great uncle Francis Joseph in 1916 and reigned until the collapse of Austria-Hungary in November 1918. Exiled to Madeira island in the Atlantic, he died there of pneumonia in 1922, aged 34. His widow, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, died in 1989 at the age of 96.
Recorded mintage: 100 proofs.
Specification: 6.775 g, 0.900 fine gold, .196 troy oz AGW, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Veselý 4, Fr-259; KM-500.
- 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, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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- 1916 20 korona
- Coins and currency dated 1918
- return to coins of Hungary