Jaelus' Hungarian Patterns

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This second silver 5 Pengő pattern (16.53g, 32.81mm x 2.75mm) also features the obverse design of 1943, though in reduced size. It is struck in silver with a reeded edge. This example uses the same obverse die as the following pattern in this set.

I don't know if they were considering producing this coin in silver at the reduced size instead of making the change to aluminum, or if this was just struck in silver for presentation purposes for evaluators. In support of it being a presentation piece, the two silver iterations (this one and the previous pattern) when examined together serve as examples of all styles used in the 1943 design iterations: both small diameters (32.81mm and 33mm), both planchet thicknesses ignoring the piedfort (2.75mm and 3.1mm), and both edge styles.