Albert of Habsburg's Hungarian florins were struck during an extraordinarily brief reign — he died in October 1439 after just eighteen months on the throne, contracting dysentery during a failed campaign against the Ottoman advance into Serbia. The resulting short production window keeps genuine dated or attributable examples thin on the ground.
Hungary's gold florin coinage at this period followed the type established by Charles Robert of Anjou in the 1320s, deliberately copying the Florentine fiorino to facilitate trade across Central European markets where that standard was trusted.
Albert of Habsburg's Hungarian florins were struck during an extraordinarily brief reign — he died in October 1439 after just eighteen months on the throne, contracting dysentery during a failed campaign against the Ottoman advance into Serbia. The resulting short production window keeps genuine dated or attributable examples thin on the ground.
Hungary's gold florin coinage at this period followed the type established by Charles Robert of Anjou in the 1320s, deliberately copying the Florentine fiorino to facilitate trade across Central European markets where that standard was trusted.