1907 Hungarian 5 Korona - restrike?

DaveAI

I have a 1907 KB Hungarian 5 Korona - KM 489 (40th Ann of the Coronation of Franz Joseph). I understand there are restrikes - are they proof only? Are there any distinguishing marks on the restrike?

skingspan

My krause lists 3 varieties

1907
1907 Proof, Restrike
1907 U.P. Proof, Restrike.

Not sure what the U.P. stands for. I have one in my collection you can see here. I assume it is one of the restrkes

DaveAI

<< <i>My krause lists 3 varieties

1907
1907 Proof, Restrike
1907 U.P. Proof, Restrike.

Not sure what the U.P. stands for. I have one in my collection you can see here. I assume it is one of the restrkes >>



The Krause listing leads me to believe that the restrikes are proof only. There is also a note at the beginning of the Hungary section in Krause that states "These may be identified by a rosette in the vicinity of the mintmark."

I'm not certain from the photo, but it appears yours is uncirculated and not proof. And, like mine, I see no rosette near the mintmark. Someone at the Denver show looked at mine and said it looked original b/c the edge markings are different than the restrikes. He was a bit vague though, and there is no mention of this in Krause. So I'm wondering what exactly the difference is. In addition to inscription, there are two tear-drop shapes with an asterisk/star between them, which I presume is not a rosette since they usually have petals.

There is one difference I see between our two coins though. Mine has a textured surface inside the circle with a normal, smooth surface in the legend area. It gives the coin an interesting appearance. I'll try and post a picture tomorrow.

ozzysdad47

Unauthorized Proof?

DCH

According to Unusual World Coins the U.P. stands for 'utanvert probaveret'.

The U.P. restrikes of the 1907 5K have U.P. just to the right of the date, as pictured in the 2009 KM.

DCH

A slabbed restrike on ebay