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* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  
* <sup>[1]</sup>''Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>''Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:25, 20 June 2025

Sincona sale 18, lot 3973

This specimen was lot 3973 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"5 Pengö 1939. Vorzüglich-gutes vorzüglich. (Hungary, five pengo of 1939, extremely fine or better.)"

The bust is 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: 438,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.640 fine silver, this specimen 24.90 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-127, Huszar 2242, KM 517.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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