Hungary Denier - Rudolf, 1579 – 1602

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Hungary Hungary
Currency Thaler (1526 – 1754)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 1 Denier
Year 1579 – 1602
Ruler Rudolph II (Rudolf II) (1576–1612)
Composition Silver (.500)
Shape Round (irregular)
Alignment Variable alignment ↺
Weight (g) 0.58
Diameter (mm) 16.5
Thickness (mm) 0.45
Demonetized Yes

Description

1 Denier from Hungary. Issued from 1579 to 1602. Struck in Silver (.500). Measures 16.5 mm and weighs 0.58 g.

Obverse
Curved, pointed fourfold Hungarian coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion; on the center chest shield: Austrian bonds. (Rudolphus II. dei gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex -
Rudolf II, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia)
Reverse
Crowned Madonna, with child on her right divide mintmarks, date in the circular legend (Patroness of Hungary)
Edge
Smooth

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vf xf Comment Frequency
1602 K-B EH811a 1.2%
1601 K-B EH811a 0.8%
1600 K-B EH811a 0.8%
1599 K-B EH811a 1.6%
1598 K-B EH811a 0.4%
1597 K-B EH811a 3%
1596 K-B EH811a 4%
1595 K-B EH811a 4%
1594 K-B EH811a 4%
1593 K-B EH811a 9%
1592 K-B EH811a 8%
1591 K-B EH811a 9%
1590 K-B EH811a 11%
1589  EH811d - no mintmark 0.8%
1589 K-B EH811a 4%
1588 K-B EH811a 8%
1587  EH811d - no mintmark 1.2%
1587 K-B EH811a 10%
1586 K-B € 7,80 EH811a 7%
1585 K-B € 13,00 EH811a 20%
1584 K-B EH811a 11%
1583 K-B € 12,00 EH811a 9%
1582 K-B EH811a 3%
1581 H-B EH811a var. with error mintmark 0.4%
1581 H-S EH811b 0.4%
1581 K-B € 12,00 EH811a 11%
1581 S-H EH811c 0.4%
1580  EH811d - no mintmark 3%
1580 H-S EH811b 0.8%
1580 K-B EH811a 13%
1579 K-B € 7,80 EH811a 11%

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