Hungary 2 korona 1913 - Franz Joseph I

The coin's story

This 2 korona coin in 835 thousandths silver belongs to the Hungarian series struck from 1912 to 1914 in the name of Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. The krone (korona in Hungarian, Krone in German) replaced the florin in 1892 in Austria-Hungary, unlike the old silver currency, it was based on the gold standard, and remained in use until the dissolution of the empire in 1918. The coins of the Hungarian type, recognisable by the Holy Crown of Saint Stephen and their Hungarian legend, were struck at Kremnica (Körmöcbánya, now in Slovakia), hence the mark KB. The portrait was engraved by József Reisner, the reverse by Károly Gerl. The edge bears the motto BIZALMAM AZ ŐSI ERÉNYBEN (My trust is in ancestral virtue). The 1913 date was struck in 3,000,205 pieces, and the coin was demonetised on 31 December 1926.