Hungary 1943-BP 2 filler

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1943-44. The two filler was bronze 1926-40, steel 1940-42, brass 1946-47 and finally aluminum 1950-89. It was issued under the authority of Miklos Horthy, dictator of Hungary 1920-44 and ally of Hitler and Mussolini. He was forced out of power by the Nazis in 1944 for failing to deliver enough Jews to the Holocaust but survived the war.

Recorded mintage: 37,000,000.

Specification: zinc, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 519.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Hungary 1939 5 pengo Dav-127
• 1943 5 pengö, 75th birthday of Adm. Horthy
• 1944-BP 20 fillér
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to coins of Hungary