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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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| Obverse description | Armored half-length bust of György Rákóczi I facing right, wearing an ornate breastplate and a plumed helmet, holding a scepter in his right hand. The portrait is rendered in a bold, slightly stylized hammered tradition typical of Transylvanian princely coinage of the early seventeenth century. A beaded inner border frames the effigy, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery reading GEOR RAKO D G PR TR PAR RE HVN DOM, identifying the issuer as Georgius Rakoci, by the grace of God Prince of Transylvania and Lord of the Partium of the Kingdom of Hungary. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.