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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2540919, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s an interesting set I just picked up, a set of the three Artex proof restrike pattern klippes (1965) in their original presentation case.</p><p><br /></p><p>From left to right:</p><ul> <li><b>5 Pengo - Szent Laszlo X-PN12.2</b><br /> 1929BP (1,084 pieces struck) 45mm x 45mm</li> <li><b>2 Pengo - Rakoczi Ferenc X-PN11.2</b><br /> 1935BP (1,011 pieces struck) 35mm x 35mm</li> <li><b>5 Pengo - Szent Istvan X-PN13.2</b><br /> 1938BP (1,091 pieces struck) 45mm x 45mm</li> </ul><p>The uneven reported mintage on these klippes suggests that not all were sold in these sets. Based on what I&#039;ve seen for other Artex distributed presentation sets, these sets were limited editions. A friend of mine also has this same set with case, so I had fortunately gotten to inspect one before in person. These particular klippes were also sold as a part of two other larger sets of restrikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the quality of the shots (seller pics), but [USER=29751]@brg5658[/USER] has already graciously posted pics of beautiful examples of two out of three of these klippe restrikes earlier in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544530[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544529[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There were a total of 5 klippe restrikes produced by Artex, the 3 patterns in this presentation set, as well as a 2 Pengo - Pazmany University (1935), and a 1 Taler - Franz Joseph I (1896). The Pazmany University 2 Pengo was a very low mintage business strike (50k struck) though is incorrectly listed as a pattern in Unusual World Coins. The Taler was a commemorative issue produced in 1896 and is the only one of the five pieces for which original klippes exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some shots of my 1896KB Franz Joseph I Taler klippe restrike (NGC PF67 UCAM). Unfortunately I don&#039;t yet have an example of the Pazmany University klippe.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544547[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544546[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All five klippes were sold in a similar but larger presentation set as the set above, with the larger Taler klippe in the center, the pair of 5 Pengo klippes above on either side, and the pair of 2 Pengo klippes below on either side. The three pattern klippes were also sold in a third set encased in plexi-glass with their restrike coin equivalents. The plexi-glass set was distributed in the US through the Franklin Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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