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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 84

Hungary. People's Republic. 1000 Forint, 1968. 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Ignaz Semmelweis. Bare head right of Semmelweis, the physician known as the "Saviour of Mothers," a pioneer of antiseptic procedures, rev. Arms, star above. KM 588. Rare with a mintage of only 7,000 pieces. Some light clouding. Brilliant Proof.

Estimate
$3,300 to $3,600