House of Habsburg - Franz Joseph I. (1848-1916) 1 Kreuzer 1868 KB

House of Habsburg - Franz Joseph I. (1848-1916) 1 Kreuzer / 1 Krajczar 1868 Kremnitz ARTEX restrike

KM441, Uncirculated, Nice patina, mint luster

Artex was a company owned and operated by the Hungarian mint for producing restrikes of classic Hungarian coins in the mid 1960s. Restrikes of dozens of coin types were produced, including patterns, and klippes, and the quality of the restrikes were excellent. There are several ways of identifying an Artex restrike. On minor coins, most have a rosette added either on the obverse before the legend for silver, or for base metal coins, on the reverse below the mint mark or above the denomination. For larger coins, most have a UP somewhere, usually near the mint mark. For some coins, perhaps only on smaller gold restrikes, the coins are unmarked but use dates that had no original issues struck. Some restrikes for types with a lettered edge were restruck with a plain edge instead. I've seen types that have as many as three Artex restrike versions, each identifiable through a different marker than the others. Some restrikes are completely unmarked or have unmarked variants which is especially true for the large silver 5 korona) and gold 100 korona restrikes.