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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2720513, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s a new pickup for my Hungarian type set with an interesting background. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Second Hungarian Republic (1946-1948) was the government of Hungary for a few years between the end of WWII and the Soviet occupation (Hungarian People&#039;s Republic). During these 3 years, the Hungarian mint produced 7 business strikes and 4 commemoratives, all of beautiful design, with 1949-1951 being transitional coinage years between these and the Soviet types.</p><p><br /></p><p>My pickup is sub-type KM-530a, an aluminum version of the 10 Fillér KM-530, which was struck in aluminum-bronze. The KM-530 type was produced from 1946 through early 1948 under the Second Hungarian Republic government, and again in 1950 by the Soviet occupied government. For most dates, versions of this type were also struck on aluminum planchets. Hungarian numismatists consider all of these to be aluminum patterns. The 1950 aluminum pattern (the only year this type was minted under the Soviet government) was struck in greater numbers than in other years.</p><p><br /></p><p>In late 1950, a type change occurred, which replaced the MAGYAR·ÁLLAMI·VÁLTÓPÉNZ (Hungarian Monetary Authority) legend with MAGYAR NÉPKÖZTÁRSASÁG (Hungarian People&#039;s Republic). The new type (KM-547) was struck on the same aluminum planchets as the 1950 pattern (KM-530a). One would surmise that the higher mintage of the 1950 patterns was due to the imminent type change and the desire to get away from the aluminum-bronze pattern, which did not wear well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the aluminum patterns of all years ended up circulating, and the 1950 is no different except in number. Think of this issue as being analogous to the 1856 flying eagle cents: technically a pattern, but made in atypically large numbers with many released into circulation. Krause incorrectly lists the 1950 aluminum pattern as a business strike sub-type of KM-530 (KM-530a) with unknown mintage, and does not list the aluminum patterns for other years. Hungarian numismatic catalogs, however, clearly list this coin as an aluminum pattern along with the other dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, this is an aluminum planchet pattern of a Second Hungarian Republic type that was struck by the Soviet Hungarian People&#039;s Republic government in 1950 as a planchet test done as a precursor to a type change for the denomination that happened later that same year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the new coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hungary 10 Fillér 1950BP Aluminum Pattern (KM-530a)</b></p><p><b>NGC MS67</b></p><p>0.85g, 19.2mm x 1.4mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]616134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And for reference, here is my NGC MS66 example of the business strike version KM-530 (aluminum-bronze planchet) 3g, 19.1mm x 1.5mm:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]616133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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