Hungary 1900-KB filler

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38528

This specimen was lot 38528 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Filler, 1900-KB. Kremnica Mint. Franz Joseph I. PCGS MS-62 Brown." This type was struck in moderate numbers 1892-1903, 1906 and 1914 and accompanied a similar two fillér. There are rare dates in the series but this one is common. The fillér was also used as the subdivision of the pengo (after World War One) and the forint (after World War Two) but no longer circulates because of inflation.

Recorded mintage: 10,641,000.

Specification: 1.67 g, bronze, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-480.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1892 fillér
• 1900 5 korona
• 1906 fillér
• 1910 2 fillér
• Coins and currency dated 1900