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''Recorded mintage:'' 9,000, all proofs.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 9,000, all proofs.
  
''Specification:'' 42.05 g, .900 fine gold, 1.2168 troy oz AGW.  
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''Specification:'' 42.05 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.2168 troy oz AGW.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 587, Fr-623.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 587, Fr-623.  
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.  
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* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
  
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* [[Hungary 1968-BP 200 forint|1968-BP 200 forint, Semmelweis, gold]]
 
* [[Hungary 1968-BP 200 forint|1968-BP 200 forint, Semmelweis, gold]]
 
* [[Hungary 1968-BP 1000 forint|1968-BP 1000 forint, Semmelweis, gold]]
 
* [[Hungary 1968-BP 1000 forint|1968-BP 1000 forint, Semmelweis, gold]]
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* [[Hungary 1980-BP 500 forint|1980-BP 500 forint, Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, figure skaters]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1968]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1968]]
 
* return to coins of [[Hungary]]
 
* return to coins of [[Hungary]]
  
 
[[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3073]]
 
[[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3073]]

Latest revision as of 16:41, 10 October 2023

Heritage sale 3073, lot 31378
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This specimen was lot 31378 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "People's Republic gold Proof 'Ignaz Semmelweis' 500 Forint 1968-BP PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC. A large gold Proof issued in commemoration of Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician who pioneered early antiseptic procedures." Accompanying this issue is a 200 forint (KM 586, gold), 100 forint (KM 584, silver, and KM 585, gold) and 50 forint (KM 582, silver, and KM 583, gold).

Recorded mintage: 9,000, all proofs.

Specification: 42.05 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.2168 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 587, Fr-623.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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