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Florin - Matthias Corvinus
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1458-1470 |
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| Weight | 3.54 g |
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| Obverse description | A crowned, full-length frontal figure of Saint Ladislaus (László) stands in the field, robed and armored, holding a long-handled battle axe in his right hand and an orb in his left. The saint's halo is rendered in relief, framing his bearded face beneath a royal crown. The figure is depicted in a hieratic, stylized Gothic manner typical of Hungarian medieval gold coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the central effigy, with the Gothic uncial legend distributed around the periphery within a beaded outer border. |
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| Mintage | ND (1458-1470) - No mintmark (EH #531a) - ND (1458-1470) B-E - EH #531b - ND (1458-1470) h- - EH #531c - ND (1458-1470) h-E - EH #531d - ND (1458-1470) h-E ° - EH #531e - ND (1458-1470) h-m - EH #531f - ND (1458-1470) h-T - EH #531 g - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH # 531r K-stripes shield - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531m K-Lion shield - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531n K-shield - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531o K-monkey - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531p K-orb&crown - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531q K-stripes shield K - ND (1458-1470) K- - EH #531s K-double cross - ND (1458-1470) K-A - EH #531h - ND (1458-1470) K-E - EH #531i - ND (1458-1470) K-I - EH #531j - ND (1458-1470) K-V - EH #531l - ND (1458-1470) N- - EH #531α N-tower in shield - ND (1458-1470) N- - EH #531β N-two hammers in circle in shield - ND (1458-1470) N- - EH #531γ N-two hammers in shield - ND (1458-1470) N-c* - EH #531z - ND (1458-1470) N-E - EH #531t - ND (1458-1470) N-E ° - EH #531u - ND (1458-1470) N-N - EH #531w - ND (1458-1470) N-P - EH #531x - ND (1458-1470) N-V - EH #531y - ND (1458-1470) N-ε - EH #531v - |
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Matthias Corvinus came to the Hungarian throne in 1458 at age fourteen, elected by the nobility partly because he was young enough to be manageable — a calculation that proved badly mistaken. His florins from this period funded the Black Army, his famous mercenary force that was among the first standing professional armies in European history, financed directly through systematic taxation reform rather than feudal levy.
Hungarian florins had followed the Florentine weight standard since Charles Robert introduced them in 1325, and Matthias maintained that discipline carefully. His monetary credibility depended on it — the florin circulated internationally as a trade coin across Central Europe and the Levant.