Hungary 1950 10 filler KM-547
This specimen was lot 73597 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 10 Filler, 1950-BP. Budapest Mint. NGC MS-66. Three pellet stops in the obverse legend. Attractive specimen with great obverse luster and a more subdued satiny reverse." Hungary joined the Axis during World War Two and was rewarded with defeat, devastation and Russian occupation. After several years of confusion, communist rule was imposed in 1949 and an uprising was crushed in 1956. The Hungarian regime remained loyal to Moscow until the general collapse of 1989-90. This type was struck 1950-51 and 1955-66 and this is the only scarce date. This denomination was also struck in aluminum bronze in 1950 (KM 530).
Recorded mintage: 5,040,000 plus 8,000,000 of KM 530.
Specification: 0.85 g, aluminum, 19.1 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-547.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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