1 Groshen - Matyáš Korvín

Features

Issuer	Duchy of Jägerndorf (Silesia)
Duke	Matthias Corvinus (1477-1490)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1477-1490
Value	1 Garas (1⁄16)
Currency	Groschen
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.48 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 72443
References	H# 736 Lajos Huszár; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn: von 1000 bis heute = Hungary Coin Catalog. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Kop# 5788 Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes). , FuS# 825 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

Coat of arms of the king inside pearled ring. Escutcheon divided in four quarter fields: Árpádian stripes, Bohemian rampant lion with crown, Lower Lusatian bull and Lower Silesian golden eagle. Centre shield with the Corvinus family raven with a ring in its beak.

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: Mathias the First, by the grace of God, King of Bohemia.

Reverse

Madonna sitting with a veil on her head, holding infant Jesus in her right arm, mint-mark in the fields on each side

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
GROSSVSCARnOVIEnSIS
I S

Lettering (regular font):
GROSSVSCARNOVIENSIS
I S

Unabridged legend: Grossus Carnoviensis

Translation: Groshen of Carnovia.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Krnov, Czech Republic

Comments

C.II.: 251
Silesia under Hungarian occupation

"Carnoviensis" refers to Carnovia, the latin name of the city of Krnov, the seat of the Duchy of Jägerndorf.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1477-1490) I-S

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