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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2474362, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s a new pickup for my Austro-Hungarian Corona/Korona date set, including patterns and PR/PL strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Austria Corona 1916 Aluminum Pattern KM-PN85</b></p><p><b>NGC MS62</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521168[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As aluminum had been growing in industrial use over the previous 20 years (and becoming significantly cheaper), trials were done in aluminum dated both 1913 and 1916 as pattern pieces for the corona. I don&#039;t know if the aluminum patterns dated 1913 were made in 1913 or if they were made alongside the pieces struck in 1916 with a 1913 die. Either way, it seems assured that this pattern was struck in 1916, as due to the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I on Nov 21st, there were no more coins of this type struck after this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s interesting that the pattern shows clash marks on the obverse behind the head and below the chin from the leaves/stems of the reverse die. 1916 had a decent mintage of about 12.4m (struck in silver) and I’ve seen many examples, but I’ve never seen a 1916 business strike with this clash present. Perhaps the clash occurred during production of the trial pieces with aluminum planchets or the dies used for the trial pieces were ones that had previously been pulled from service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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