Coins of the Austro-Hungarian krone
Appearance
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The coins of the Austro-Hungarian krone were minted with a different design (but the same technical parameters) in Austria and Hungary.
Coins of Austria
[edit]The Austrian coins were minted in Vienna, and came in face values of 1, 2, 10, and 20 heller; and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 100 kronen. The Austrian 100-krone coin is still being minted, with a 1915 mint mark to enable Austrians to take advantage of a grandfather clause in the law regarding private ownership of gold bullion. It is a popular gold bullion coin similar to the Krugerrand.
Coins of Hungary
[edit]The Hungarian coins were minted in the famous mint of Körmöcbánya (now Kremnica, Slovakia). Hungarian coins were minted with face values of 1, 2, 10 and 20 fillér; and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 korona.
Korona-fillér coins – Regular issues | ||||||||||
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Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of first minting | ||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
1 f | 17 mm | 1.1 mm | 1.67 g | Bronze 95% copper 4% tin 1% zinc |
Smooth | "MAGYAR KIRÁLYI VÁLTÓPÉNZ"1, Holy Crown of Hungary, year of minting | Value, mintmark | 1892 | ||
2 f | 19 mm | 1.5 mm | 3.33 g | |||||||
2 f | 17.3 mm | 1.7 mm | 2.78 g | Iron | Smooth | "MAGYAR KIRÁLYI VÁLTÓPÉNZ", Holy Crown of Hungary, year of mining | Value, mintmark | 1916 | ||
10 f | 19.0 mm | 1.4 mm | 3.0 g | Nickel | Serrated | 1892 | ||||
10 f | Alpacca 50% copper 40% zinc 10% nickel |
1914 | ||||||||
10 f | 1.5 mm | Iron | 1916 (1915) | |||||||
20 f | 21.0 mm | 1.6 mm | 4.0 g | Nickel | 1892 | |||||
20 f | 1.5 mm | 3.33 g | Iron | Smooth | 1916 | |||||
1 K | 23.0 mm | 5.0 g | 835‰ silver | "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN"2, ornament | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR."3, I. Ferenc József, mintmark | Holy Crown of Hungary, value | 1892 | |||
1 K | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", I. Ferenc József (older), mintmark | 1912 | ||||||||
2 K | 27.0 mm | 2.0 mm | 10.0 g | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", I. Ferenc József, mintmark | ||||||
5 K | 36.0 mm | 2.6 mm | 24.0 g | 900‰ silver | 1900 | |||||
10 K | 19.0 mm | 0.9 mm | 3.39 g | 900‰ gold | ornament | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", standing I. Ferenc József | Middle Coat of Arms with angels, value, mintmark | 1892 | ||
20 K | 21.0 mm | 1.4 mm | 6.78 g | "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN", ornament | ||||||
20 K | Middle Coat of Arms (including Bosnia) with angels, value, mintmark | 1914 | ||||||||
20 K | "HARCBAN ÉS BÉKÉBEN A NEMZETTEL A HAZÁÉRT"4 | "KÁROLY I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.SZ.D.O.AP.KIR."5, standing IV. Károly | 1918 | |||||||
100 K | 37.0 mm | 2.0 mm | 33.9 g | "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN", ornament | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", standing I. Ferenc József | Middle Coat of Arms with angels, value, mintmark | 1907 | |||
Korona coins – Commemorative issues | ||||||||||
1 K | 23.0 mm | 1.5 mm | 5.0 g | 835‰ silver | "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN", ornament | "AZ EZERÉVES MAGYARORSZÁG EMLÉKÉRE"6, I. Ferenc József, mintmark, value | Árpád | 1896 | ||
5 K | 36.0 mm | 2.6 mm | 24.0 g | 900‰ silver | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", I. Ferenc József | "MEGKORONÁZTATÁSÁNAK NEGYVENEDIK ÉVFORDULÓJÁRA 1867-1907"7, coronation scene, value, mintmark | 1907[1] | |||
100 K | 37.0 mm | 2.0 mm | 33.9 g | 900‰ gold | "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN", ornament | "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR.", I. Ferenc József | "MEGKORONÁZTATÁSÁNAK NEGYVENEDIK ÉVFORDULÓJÁRA 1867-1907", coronation scene, value, mintmark | 1907 | ||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimeter, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
Remarks
[edit]- "MAGYAR KIRÁLYI VÁLTÓPÉNZ" = "Hungarian royal token coin"
- "BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN" = "My trust in the ancient virtue"
- "FERENCZ JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR." = "Ferencz József Isten kegyelméből ausztriai császár és Magyar-, Horvát-, Szlavon-, Dalmátországok apostoli királya" = "Franz Joseph by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia"
- "HARCBAN ÉS BÉKÉBEN A NEMZETTEL A HAZÁÉRT" = "In battle and peace with the nation for the home"
- "KÁROLY I.K.A.CS. ÉS M.H.SZ.D.O.AP.KIR." = "Károly Isten kegyelméből ausztriai császár és Magyar-, Horvát-, Szlavon-, Dalmátországok apostoli királya" = "Charles by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia"
- "AZ EZERÉVES MAGYARORSZÁG EMLÉKÉRE" = "To the memory of the 1000-years-old Hungary"
- "MEGKORONÁZTATÁSÁNAK NEGYVENEDIK ÉVFORDULÓJÁRA 1867-1907" = "To the 40th anniversary of his [i.e. Franz Joseph I] coronation 1867-1907"
References
[edit]- ^ Magyar Numizmatikai Társulat (1918). Numizmatikai közlöny (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 26. Retrieved 4 July 2020.