1 Florin - Gábor Bethlen

Bethlen struck these florins at the height of his campaign to unseat Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II, having been elected King of Hungary by the anti-Habsburg Diet at Besztercebánya in August 1620 — a title he ultimately renounced the following year under the Peace of Nikolsburg. The florins of 1619–1620 fall precisely within his most aggressive military phase, when Transylvanian forces controlled much of Royal Hungary and Bethlen needed hard currency to pay mercenary troops and sustain alliances with the Bohemian estates then in open revolt.

The Resch references 26 and 39 indicate distinct die groupings across the two-year span, reflecting the pressure on mint output during active campaigning.