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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3384655, member: 57463&quot;][ATTACH=full]898947[/ATTACH] </p><p>... so things got a little better for poor Hungary... </p><p>The Hapsburg Dual Monarchy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Following the collapse of the 1848 Revolution, continued pressure for reform won the Hungarians special status in a sham dual monarchy in which their “king” was the crown prince of Austria. As Austria moved into the modern world of steam engines and indoor plumbing, the currency was reformed in 1892 from the Florin-Kreutzer (forint-krajczár) silver-copper to corona-heller (korona-filler; filler from German “vierer” = “fourer” or 4-penny groschen). </p><p><br /></p><p>Left top left : Ferenc Joszef I (Imperial Kaiser of Austria Czechs Transylvania Hungary Croatia Serbia Dalmatia Apostolic King) Right top left Hungarian Kingdom 1879.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left top Right: 4 Kreuzer coat of arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left bottom Left: 1 korona on Latin Monetary system; about 20 cents US.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left bottom right: MAGYAR KIRALYI VALTOPENZ (Hungarian royal draft money, i.e., base metal nickel token like a US 5-cent, nickel two of which get you a silver dime; in this case 100 copper filler to the silver korona ).</p><p>Right bottom right: 10 filler.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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