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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 24565013, member: 46237&quot;]<b>Hungary 1943BP 5 Pengő (Admiral Miklos Horthy)</b></p><p>Probaveret Aluminum - Reeded Edge</p><p>(6.15g, 36.26mm x 2.7mm)</p><p>NGC MS64</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1557023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This 5 Pengő pattern (6.15g, 36.26mm x 2.7mm) looks the most like the 1943 business strike and has the same weight, however, it is slightly larger and noticeably thinner, with a higher relief. The spacing of the font in the legends on the obverse is also different than on the business strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 1943BP 5 Pengő (Admiral Miklos Horthy)</b></p><p>(6g, 26mm x 2.6mm)</p><p>NGC MS66</p><p>Mintage: 2 million</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1557025[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example of the final 1943 business strike produced in aluminum with a reeded edge. It is very similar to the final version of the pattern above.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 1945BP 5 Pengő (Parliament)</b></p><p>Probaveret - Wheat Above Shield</p><p>(4.67g, 32mm x 2.67mm)</p><p>NGC MS63</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1557024[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very early version of the 1945 Provisional Government 5 pengő with a reverse featuring the designer’s name (removed for the business strike) and a sheaf of wheat atop the Hungarian arms (replaced with the holy crown for the business strike). While the diameter is the same as the business strike, the planchet (4.67g, 32mm x 2.67mm) is slightly thicker (for comparison, the business strike is 4.5g and 2.58mm in thickness). Of note, the obverse die does not match the obverse próbaveret die used for the Artex Restrikes, which is from a later revision of this pattern that more closely matches the business strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 1945BP 5 Pengő (Parliament)</b></p><p>(4.5g 32mm x 2.6mm)</p><p>NGC MS63</p><p>Mintage: 5.002 million</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1557026[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the final version of the business strike produced in 1945. It is the sole coin produced by the Provisional Government of 1945 at the end of the war. Note the significant changes to the design of the reverse. There was an iteration of the pattern between the extremely rare wheat reverse and the final version, which looked like the business strike above except for the probaveret mark. Modern restrikes of that newer pattern are common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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