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Florin - Vladislaus II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1506-1507 |
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| Weight | 3.48 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vladislaus II (Ulászló II in Hungarian) ruled Bohemia and Hungary simultaneously but exercised little actual authority — contemporaries called him Rex Bene, "Good King," a sardonic nickname for a monarch notorious for approving every petition placed before him. Royal finances were in chronic disorder throughout his reign, with magnates effectively controlling the treasury. The florins struck under his name were often produced by lease arrangements with noble families who ran the mints for profit, introducing inconsistencies in weight and fineness that were openly acknowledged at the time.
The 1506–1507 window falls just before the Jagiellonian succession crisis that would ultimately deliver Hungary to Habsburg hands after Mohács in 1526.