1 Florin - II György Rákóczi

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAR RE HVD DO ET SIC COM date
N - B

Translation: Partium Regni Hungariae Dominus et Siculorum Comes

Comment

Gyorgy Rakoczi II (January 30, 1621–June 7, 1660), was elected prince of Transylvania during his father's (Gyorgy Rakoczi I) lifetime (19 February 1642). On ascending the throne (October 1648), he allied himself, in the beginning of 1649, with the Cossack hetman, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Vasile Lupu of Moldavia and Matei Basarab of Wallachia to realize his father's Polish ambitions. He took Cracow and entered Warsaw as the ally of Charles X Gustav in 1657. But after his allies withdrew, his forces were defeated in July 1657 by the Polish army. The Transylvanian diet, at the command of the Porte, deposed him two times, but reinstated him each time. The Turks invaded Transylvania, and Rakoczy died at Nagyvarad of the wounds received at the battle of Gyalu (Gilău), in May 1660.

Variant 1648 NB, differences on obverse and reverse.

Photos of Auktionen Frühwald.

Variant 1657, different details on obverse and reverse, for example, positions of letters and bust, Madonna, etc.

Photos of H.D. Rauch.

Variant 1654, different lettering on reverse.

Photos of H.D. Rauch.

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