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Message:: [QUOTE="tibor, post: 3468686, member: 73385"][USER=89314]@talerman[/USER]    The  "H"   in the "KH"   is for Hans which isGerman for John, Hans is German for Janos (Hungarian).I figure he went by Hans since he might have been Austrianborn, later moving to Kremnica which at the time was apart of Hungary, I think, not sure.  The  "KG" mintmarkhas the "G" for Hans' son,  Gyorgy, which in German isGeorgius and George in English. The  "KA" mintmark hasan "A" which in Hungarian is Andras, not sure about theGerman, hopefully [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] can help here. To my knowledge the three mintmarks are not rare. Accordingto Huszar I believe they overlap a bit,  KH>KG>KA.  Thefather was Hans and spent most of his life in Austria whilehis sons used the Hungarian version of their names becausethat's where they were located. These three Mintmarks arenot rare at all. The only date that is rare is the 1503. Whatare rare are the little known variations of MM. KA stoppedaround 1527-28 I believe. The varieties of MM will run thruthe 1540's I believe. The varieties will represent, mintmasters,towns, ruling authorities. Value will run for a nice common( KH,KG,KA and KB) denar $10-$20. Rare varieties may startat $50 and rise sharply. Hans, Gyorgy and Andras were fromthe Thurzo family. The Thurzo's along with the Fuggers fromGermany and Austria controlled most if not all of the minesin the area, not just silver and gold but copper as well. I'mdoing this mostly from memory so it may not be the Gospeltruth.[/QUOTE]

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