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Denier - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Hungary) |
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| Year | 1559-1565 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Denár) (1⁄360) |
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| Obverse lettering | FER · D · G · E · R · O · I · S · AV · GE · HV · B · R · 1562 (Translation: Ferdinand the grace of God elected emperor of the Romans, always august, the king of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia) |
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| Mintage | 1559 K - B - EH#748a - 1560 K - B - EH#748a - 1560 K - P - EH#748b - 1561 K - B - EH#748a - 1562 K - B - EH#748a - 1563 K - B - EH#748a - 1564 K - B - EH#748a - 1565 K - B - EH#748a - |
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Ferdinand I spent much of his Hungarian reign fighting—financially and militarily—against Ottoman encroachment, and these small silver deniers functioned as the workhorse coinage for a kingdom that was effectively partitioned into three competing zones of control. The Habsburgs held a thin strip in the west and north, the Ottomans held the central plains, and Transylvania operated as a semi-independent vassal state. Coinage continuity in Habsburg Hungary was partly a political statement of territorial claim.
The H#936 and H#951 references suggest minor die or mint variations within this date range — Kremnitz being the dominant source, though other Hungarian mint facilities contributed sporadically during this period.