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Ngdawa Valued Member Sweden 347 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 08:21 am Hey! I got some coins that I'm a little unsure of the origins. PIC 1: The eagle looks like an Austrian two headed eagle to me. On one side it says: "LOD.ILL.REX A.A.1870 HVNGAR.BOHEM.GAL". Where there should be a shiled it says '20'. The other side says: "FRANC.IOS I.D.G.AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR" PIC 2: A similair eagle as in PIC 1, but with a shield. The date is 1899, no text at all. PIC 3: The same eagle as in PIC 2. The text says: "LOD.ILL.REX A.A.1882 HVNGAR.BOHEM.GAL. 1 FL. The other side says: "FRANC.IOS.I.D.G.AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR" PIC 4: Below the 2 is the initials K.B The other side says: "MAGYAR KIRÁLYI VÁLTÓPeNZ" and the year is 1894. PIC 5: The text says: "KRÓLESTWO POLSKIE" It's a 5 Fenigów and it's dated 1917. The other side has a picture of an eagle with spread wings and a crown on its head and a corwn above. Two feet with three claws. I Think it might be stars around it and the initials F.E (unsure) Considering to the eagle PIC 1, 2, 3 might be from the same country. And since 'Hvngar' is 'Hungary' and 'Avstriae' is 'Austria' is might be from eaither of these countries, or if they are from Austria/Hungary. I know that PIC 4 is from Hungary (Magyar = Hungary), but that's all I know about it. PIC 5 is clearely Polish (Polska = Poland, Polskie = Polish) 5 Fenigów is the same as the German Pfennig. But some stories about these coins would be very appreciated! Thanks! Edited by Ngdawa 03/14/2010 08:25 am Report this Post to the Staff

Ngdawa Valued Member Sweden 347 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 09:31 am I just realized that it might seem like I know all about these coins, but it's all guesses. The only one I'm almost sure of is that PIC 3 is a Austro/Hungaran Florin, but I don't know the other currencies (Except for the Polish Fenigów, but is that from the Polish Mark (Polska Marka?) All help and guesses, suggestions area appreciated! :) Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 09:34 am #2 is a pre-war Austrian 2 heller. During the same period in Hungary, 2 filler coins (#4) were minted. #3 is indeed an Austro-Hungarian 1 florin, coins of this size in Hungary at that time were denominated in forints. #5 is indeed Polish, however coins of this series were minted during 1917-18, that is before Poland gained independence (11/11/1918). The letters below the eagle are F F and are a mintmark of the Stuttgart mint (just like on German coins). The currency wasn't the same as in Germany, this coin is a 0.05 Polish mark (mkp, marka polska), not a 0.05 of the German mark. Edited by DL20K 03/14/2010 09:35 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ngdawa Valued Member Sweden 347 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 09:55 am About the Polish coin, I were more refering to the word, Fenigów = Pfennig = Cents. But Thank you very much for clearing up some question marks Do you have any ideas what #1? It's the same guy as #3, but 10 years before. But that's probably 0.20 Austro-Hungarian Florin then right? Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 10:33 am Yes, it's also from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it's 20 Kreuzer, that's 1/3 of a florin. Report this Post to the Staff
Ngdawa Valued Member Sweden 347 Posts	Posted 03/14/2010 10:43 am OK, thanks alot mate! Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/15/2010 09:02 am Right, the terms "marka" and "fenig" are references to the mark of the German Empire. And while the two marks were indeed different, they did have the same value: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_marka The Hungarian 2 filler coin was minted in Kremnica (Slovakia) which back then was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The Hungarian version of the city name is Körmöcbánya - guess that explains the "KB" ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Ngdawa Valued Member Sweden 347 Posts	Posted 03/15/2010 12:30 pm Yeah, that explains alot, great background.. Thank you very much Christian! Report this Post to the Staff
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