Coins of Hungary
The Hungarian coins were minted in the famous mint of Körmöcbánya (now Kremnica, Slovakia). Denominated coins for Hungary: 1, 2, 10 and 20 fillér; 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 4% 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
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