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1/4 Denier - Sigismund Piedfort
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1430-1437 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field divided by a plain cross into four quarters, with the Hungarian dynastic arms displayed in alternating quarters: the Árpád stripes occupying two quarters and the patriarchal double cross motif in the remaining two. The design is rendered in a primitive hammered style typical of late medieval Hungarian small silver coinage. Legends, if originally present, are largely illegible on account of the irregular flan and heavy wear. The coin's surface exhibits the characteristic grainy texture and uneven relief of mid-fifteenth-century Hungarian quarting coinage struck under Sigismund of Luxembourg. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field, heavily worn and corroded, retains faint traces of a heraldic motif consistent with the patriarchal cross or a simplified royal emblem associated with Sigismund's Hungarian issues. The flan is irregular and the relief is low throughout, a feature typical of piedfort or thickened quarting issues of this period. No legible legend is discernible, though a partial circular inscription may have originally surrounded the central device. The hammered technique has resulted in an uneven distribution of metal, further obscuring design details. |
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Piedfort coins — struck at double or greater thickness from standard dies — were produced not for circulation but as presentation pieces or die trials, allowing mints to demonstrate strike quality to officials or prospective clients. Sigismund's Hungarian issues from this decade coincide with his prolonged absences from the kingdom while managing Imperial affairs; mint supervision was inconsistent, and piedfort survivals from this reign are rare partly because no systematic production records were kept at the Buda mint during his later years.