1 Groshen - Matyáš Korvín

Features

Issuer Duchy of Jägerndorf (Silesia)
Duke Matthias Corvinus (1477-1490)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1477-1490
Value 1 Garas (1⁄16)
Currency Groschen
Composition Silver
Weight 2.48 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
72443
References H# 736,
Huszár Lajos; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn. Battenberg, Munich, Germany.
Kop# 5788
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych / Część 1.1. Teksty Poz. 1-7058. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne - Zarząd Główny, Warsaw, Poland.
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Coat of arms of the king inside pearled ring. Escutcheon divided in four quarter fields: Árpádian stripes, Bohemian rampant lion with crown, Lower Lusatian bull and Lower Silesian golden eagle. Centre shield with the Corvinus family raven with a ring in its beak.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: +mAThIAS·PRImVS·D·G·R·BOhEMIE

Lettering (regular font): +MATHIAS·PRIMVS·D·G·R·BOHEMIE

Translation: Mathias Primus Dei Gratia Rex Bohemiae (Mathias the First, by the Grace of God, King of Bohemia)

Reverse

Madonna sitting with a veil on her head, holding infant Jesus in her right arm, mint-mark in the fields on each side

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
GROSSVSCARnOVIEnSIS
I S

Lettering (regular font):
GROSSVSCARNOVIENSIS
I S

Translation:
Grossus Carnoviensis (Gross of Carnovia)

"Carnoviensis" refers to Carnovia, the latin name of the city of Krnov, the seat of the Duchy of Jägerndorf

Mint

Krnov / Jägerndorf / Krnów, Czech Republic

Comments

C.II.: 251
Silesia under Hungarian occupation

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1477-1490) I-S

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