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10 Florins - Ferdinand III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1639-1658 |
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| Weight | 35.55851 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCHIDVX · AVS · DVX · BVR · MAR · MOR · CO · TYR · 1642 · K B (Translation: Archidux Austriae, dux Burgundiae, marchio Moraviae, comes Tyrolis) |
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Ferdinand III issued these large gold multiples during a reign defined almost entirely by the Thirty Years' War and its exhausting aftermath. The 1648 Peace of Westphalia ended that conflict, but Hungary remained a fractured administrative reality — the Habsburgs controlling the west and north, the Ottomans holding the central plains, and Transylvania operating as a semi-autonomous principality playing both powers against each other. Coinage of this weight and fineness was not pocket money; it moved between treasuries, paid mercenary commanders, and settled diplomatic obligations.
The Friedberg 106 attribution covers issues across multiple Hungarian mint facilities operating under Ferdinand's authority during this window.