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hondacobra Valued Member United States 67 Posts	Posted 03/17/2012 11:00 pm hi, I bought this coin today at an antique shop. the guy didnt know anything about it except that he thought it was austrian. after researching and translating all the writing on the coin it appears to be dedicated to a hungarian warload. the writing is the name of the victorious general and that whatever the building on the back is will always be his home. the year is 1993 . IX. 4. i suspect this coin to be a commemorative and not actual currency. the coin is about the exact diameter of a morgan but twice as think. i do not own an accurate scale but it is more than 1 oz but just under 1.5 oz. the reason I bought the coin is that it appears to be silver. it is very white in color. I would love to know if its silver or not. there is small writing on the front that says "BOZO" in small letters over a small shield? on the edge of the coin there is only one small spot stamped with very tiny writing "FFM" Report this Post to the Staff

chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/18/2012 07:15 am As you wrote yourself, this is a medal, thus not a coin. Don't know about the composition, but the piece commemorates the re-burial of Miklós Horthy, the authoritarian ruler of Hungary between the 1920s and mid-40s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miklós_Horthy After WW2 he lived in Portugal, and he died there. In 1993 (see the date on the medal) his body was brought to his Hungarian home town and buried there. Maybe in today's political climate in Hungary, for the current government, something like this would not be an issue any more, but back then it did cause quite a controversy in the country. They would certainly not have issued a coin on that occasion. Gyula Bozó or (in the Hungarian order, with the family name first) Bozó Gyula designed many medals and other works of art. Here are some more, including one with his portrait. http://numizmatika.aranypengo.hu/co...2=7&offset=2 Have not seen your medal there though. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
hondacobra Valued Member United States 67 Posts	Posted 03/18/2012 10:22 am Thx for the lead. I will follow that path and see where it takes me. Report this Post to the Staff
hondacobra Valued Member United States 67 Posts	Posted 03/18/2012 10:38 am O btw when I translated all the words from hungarian to american is said Bozo means the same in both languages lol. I hope that was only a nickname... Report this Post to the Staff
hondacobra Valued Member United States 67 Posts	Posted 06/03/2012 4:30 pm bump Report this Post to the Staff
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