Hungary 1914-KB 20 korona Fr-251

Heritage sale 3067, lot 34488

This specimen was lot 34488 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Hungary: Franz Joseph I gold 20 Korona 1914-KB MS63 NGC, Kremnitz mint. A soft golden piece with only the lightest smattering of handling marks and pleasing cartwheel effects." This type was struck 1892-1915 and is common. In 1914, the reverse was modified to incorporate the arms of Bosnia (annexed from the Turks in 1908) and the new variety (KM 495, shown here) was struck 1914-16.

Recorded mintage: 176,000 (including KM 486).

Specification: 6.78 g, 0.900 fine gold, AGW 0.1960 oz, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 39, Veselý 147, Fr-251, KM 495.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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• 1909 20 korona
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• 1914 10 korona
• 1914 20 korona, without Bosnian arms
• 1915 20 korona
• Coins and currency dated 1914