Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 26039970, member: 46237&quot;]I just picked this up last night at the Heritage auction and I&#039;m very pleased since at this point in my classic Hungarian collection I&#039;m finding perhaps only 1 good upgrade per year. Most of my collecting focus has shifted to patterns.:</p><p><br /></p><p>So my pick up was a Hungarian 1849 NB Krajczar, War of Independence issue PCGS MS63 BN, though I will be crossing it to NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>NB is the Nagybánya mint which was in the principality of Transylvania; the Hungarians declared Transylvania to be be a part of Hungary in March of 1848, though when they lost the War of Independence in 1849, Transylvania was made a separate crown land from Hungary until its reunion with Hungary in 1867. Nagybánya (now known as Baia Mare) is located in Romania today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655724[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655725[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a <i>very</i> tough issue. I&#039;ve been collecting the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence set for about 10 years now, and my current example of this coin was an NGC AU53 BN (the next best example I had found over the years was a VF). </p><p><br /></p><p>Though this new example was clearly struck off-center, the obverse is actually particularly well-struck for this issue which is always found with a weak strike on the crown and shield. The fleur is also very well-struck on the reverse, and the legends are nice and sharp, with some pleasing remaining red color and good luster. There are also no major issues with lamination, something which is very common with this issue and the larger and more plentiful 1849 NB 3 krajczar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in