Double Florin - Matthias Corvinus
Features
| Issuer |
Hungary
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás Hunyadi) (1457-1490)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1471-1481 |
| Value | 2 Florins (Forint) |
| Currency | Florin (1310-1540) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.18 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 93825 |
| References | ÉH# 529 Emil Unger. Magyar Éremhatározó. Ajtósi Dűrer Könyvkiadó, Budapest, Hungary (3 volumes). Lajos Huszár; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn: von 1000 bis heute = Hungary Coin Catalog. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. |
Obverse
Fourfold shield: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion; in the center: Hunyadi raven with ring in peak; in line circle
Lettering: +MOnETA ·MATHIE·REGIS·VnGARI
Translation: Money of Mátyás, King of Hungary
Reverse
Mother Mary holdong baby Jesus divides mintmark; lettering ends with pointed rosette
Lettering: ·PATRONA VNGARIE
Translation: Patron Saint of Hungary
Edge
Plain
Mint
| K | Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date) |
Mark
| P | Paul Modrar, Mint official, Kremnica (1463-1478) |
Comments
The following link shows a large one. It's normal, it's actually the same type of coin, one side in gold, the other in silver.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1471-1481) K | P | ||||||||||||||
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