½ Groschen - Matthias Corvinus
Features
| Issuer |
City of Breslau
(Silesia)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Free City (1337-1670)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1468-1490 |
| Value | ½ Garas |
| Currency | Groschen |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.09 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 104517 |
| References | H# 734 Lajos Huszár; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn: von 1000 bis heute = Hungary Coin Catalog. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland. |
Obverse
Fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Bohemian lion, Lusatian bull, Silesian eagle, in center chest shield Hunyadi crow with ring in peak in pearl circle
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: + MAThIAS · PRIMVS · D · G · R · BOhEMIE
Lettering (regular font): + MATHIAS · PRIMVS · D · G · R · BOHEMIE
Unabridged legend: Mathias Primus Dei Gratia Rex Bohemiae
Translation: Matthias I, by the grace of God, King of Bohemia.
Reverse
Standing glorified Saint John the Baptist with God's lamb (Agnus dei); no mintmark
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering:
GROSSVS WRA TISLAVIEnSIS
W
Lettering (regular font):
GROSSVS WRA TISLAVIENSIS
W
Unabridged legend: Grossus Wratislaviensis
Translation: Groschen of Wroclaw.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Wrocław, Poland (1100-1878)Comments
Silesia under Hungarian occupation (1468-1490)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1468-1490) | |||||||||||||||
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