10 Florins - Ferdinand III

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.