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Florin - Sigismund
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1402-1437 |
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| Currency | Florin (1310-1540) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Sigismund of Luxembourg ruled Hungary for over five decades, and his gold florins were among the most trusted trade coins circulating in central Europe during the early fifteenth century. Hungary's position as the dominant gold-producing region in medieval Europe — the mines of the Carpathians supplied an estimated one-third of world output at the time — gave these issues genuine monetary authority far beyond the kingdom's borders. Italian and German merchants priced contracts in Hungarian florins by name.
H#573 and H#574 represent distinct emission varieties within the reign, differentiated by mint mark and heraldic details tied to specific chamber counts administering the royal mints at Buda, Körmöcbánya, and Nagyszeben.