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Denier - Matthias Corvinus
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1466 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | + mOnETA · MAThI (Translation: Money of Mátyás) |
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Matthias Corvinus reorganized Hungarian royal finances aggressively in the 1460s, centralizing mint operations and standardizing the small silver coinage to fund his Black Army — the first standing mercenary force in Central European history. The denier issues of this decade are directly tied to that fiscal restructuring.
ÉH#560 corresponds to a specific emission distinguished in Unger's corpus from the broader H#712 grouping. At under half a gram, these pieces circulated hard and survivors in clean condition are genuinely scarce.