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Florin - Vladislaus II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1505-1506 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | WLADSILAV S R VNGARIE (Translation: Ulászló, King of Hungary) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vladislaus II (Ulászló II in Hungarian) held the Jagiellonian crown over both Hungary and Bohemia but exercised remarkably little actual power — contemporaries called him *Rex Bene* or, more pointedly, *Dobre* ("good" in Czech), a sardonic reference to his habit of approving whatever was placed before him. The Hungarian nobility exploited this systematically, and the years 1505–1506 fall squarely within a period when the great magnate families had effectively fragmented royal fiscal authority. The Tripartitum, Werbőczy's codification of noble privileges, was completed in 1514 — but its underlying assumptions were already operational law by this minting period.
Hungarian gold florins of this reign are noted for inconsistent die preparation at the Buda mint.