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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3310574, member: 46237&quot;]My only pick up from NYINC:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1861 Hungarian National Assembly medal with original presentation case</b></p><p><b>AR 50mm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]877098[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]877099[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This medal commemorates the reconvening of the Diet of Hungary on April 6,1861 by Franz Josef, after it had been disbanded following the failed War of Independence of 1848-49. The Assembly would not be called to convene again until 1865, at which point it laid the groundwork for the Austro-Hungarian Compromise that gave Hungary back its sovereignty.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I&#039;ve seen, this medal was struck in copper, white metal, and silver. For whatever reason, the silver version employed its own distinct obverse die, making it easy to identify. This is the only example I&#039;ve seen with an original presentation case, which is what piqued my interest in this piece, as I already had a white metal example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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