Description:
Obverse
The coat of arms of Albert's second type of gold forint (1439), features a shield parted quarterly with the Hungarian stripes, the double-tailed Czech lion, the Austrian band and Moravian eagle. The coat of arms is surrounded by a selection of the mint and mint master marks found on the gold coins of that era, which refer to the following cities and persons (in clockwise order): P (Konrad Polner), S (unknown), lamb (Janos Lemmel), PR ligature (Miklos Pfeffersach) and R with cross on top (Konrad Rudel).
Reverse
Exact copy of the reverse side of the first gold florin minted by King Albert: standing figure of King Ladislaus, halberd in right hand, orb in left, with letter H-lamb combination of mint and master marks on both sides, of which the first denotes the mint location Szeben, while the lamb is the emblem of the responsible chamberlain, János Lemmel.
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