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Denier - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1531 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse description | Fourfold quartered coat of arms with straight divisions, bearing in the quarters the Hungarian Árpád stripes, the Hungarian double cross, the Dalmatian leopard heads, and the Bohemian lion; an inescutcheon at center displays the Austrian bonds. The date appears within the legend, and two rosettes flank the shield at either side of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINA · DG · R · VNGA 1531 (Translation: Ferdinánd, by the grace of God, King of Hungary) |
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Ferdinand I's claim to the Hungarian throne was contested from the moment of his election in 1526, with John Zápolya simultaneously crowned as a rival king backed by Ottoman support. Hungarian coinage of this period was struck at multiple mints operating under fractured royal authority, and issues from the early 1530s reflect that administrative instability — output was inconsistent and die quality varied sharply between facilities. The ÉH#747 designation places this squarely within Huszár's classification of Ferdinand's denier series, a type struck in enormous quantities to supply a kingdom that was simultaneously fighting a civil war and resisting Ottoman encroachment.