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1 Florin - I György Rákóczi
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1631-1637 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a displayed eagle (aquila) with spread wings, facing right, perched above a horizontal band of battlements representing the Kolozsvár mint mark, with an additional fortress symbol below. The word AQVILA is inscribed beneath the eagle in the central field. Above the eagle, a crown is visible, and the entire central device is enclosed within a beaded border. The surrounding Latin legend reads ET SICVLORVM COMES followed by the date 1631, identifying the prince as Count of the Székelys, with star-shaped separators punctuating the inscription. |
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| Mintage | 1631 - Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca), R 6-7 - 1632 - R 8 - 1633 - R 9-11 - 1635 - R 13 - 1636 - R 15-16 - 1637 - R 20A - |
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György Rákóczi I secured the Transylvanian throne in 1630 after the Battle of Muhi — not the medieval one, but a forgotten skirmish of the same name — defeating his rival Zsigmond Bethlen with Ottoman backing. His florins were struck across several mints, principally Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia), and circulated widely into Royal Hungary and Polish markets, where Transylvanian gold had a reliable reputation built up under the Báthory and Bethlen princes before him.
The ÉH#294 attribution covers the full run of this type without distinguishing mint years, meaning examples dated at either end of the 1631–1637 window may show subtle die differences rarely noted in general catalogs.