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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2828353, member: 46237&quot;]The klippe is original. I don&#039;t know of any fakes for those, but also the patina is fairly typical of the ones sold by Artex in partnership with the Franklin Mint, which were in velvet-lined cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes that 1909 is another modern fake. There are contemporary counterfeits like the one with the larger rim as well, but certainly some may be modern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you trying to identify the Artex restrikes so you can avoid them, or are you looking to collect them as well? At the encouragement of several people, I&#039;m actually in the process of writing a book (in English) about Hungarian coins from this period, including Artex restrikes. There are some fairly good resources available, but they are all in Hungarian or German, and none are fully comprehensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, a very good online resource for these can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://pengoportal.hu/csomagolasok/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pengoportal.hu/csomagolasok/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://pengoportal.hu/csomagolasok/index.php</a></p><p>The coins are broken up by period on that site, but there&#039;s great info for almost all of the Artex restrikes there (not quite complete, but fairly comprehensive) and some ultra modern restrikes as well (the official ones tend to be clearly marked).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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