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1943 Five Pengo Of Hungary

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Some people look for silver crowns (I'm using this term for large coins here), collectors on a budget are happy with Cu-Ni coins. Here's an example that an aluminum crown could be just as attractive (sorry, the picture doesn't do it justice, I photographed it through not so clean plastic of 2x2).
Measured at 36 mm it features Admiral Horthy, the regent of the kingdom formed shortly after break up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This coin was issued to commemorate the admiral's 75th Birthday and came one year before he was austed on the brink of the Axis losing the WWII.



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That is a nice looking coin. Someplace, I have a silver 1939 5 Pengo. I do like the Hungarian issues of the pre-WWII era. They were well made coins - not like the more recent poorly made coins issued by so many countries.
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Some coins are (or used to be) a piece of Art. Now with so many unstable economies and political systems quality doesn't get much of priority.

About the silver pengo, - haha, mine was much more affordable! No, seriously, nice coin! Imagine owning a 1938 five pengo, with only 60 pieces minted.
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Yup! That is a very nice lookin coin. WOLF
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