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5 Korona Ladislaus IV
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Ladislaus IV portrayed as a medieval ruler, wearing a conical ribbed helmet and a draped collar, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The effigy displays a bearded profile with finely engraved facial features in a stylised historical manner. The circumferential legend reads '+ LADISLAUS IV. DEI GRATIA REX HUNGARIAE' in raised Latin characters, separated by a small cross at the lower left, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Two robed angels flank the Holy Crown of Hungary, which is depicted in elaborate detail at the centre upper field, suspending ornamental pendilia on either side. Beneath the crown, the denomination numeral '5' appears in large raised figures, followed by 'KORONA' and the date '1909' in descending lines. The lower field features a wreath of wheat ears and oak branches tied with a ribbon bow, with the mint mark 'UP' positioned at the base within the beaded border. |
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The 1909 Hungarian 5 Korona bearing the name of Ladislaus IV was struck under Franz Joseph I as part of Austria-Hungary's commemorative and standard crown series — yet Ladislaus IV himself died in 1290, assassinated by Cuman chieftains whose loyalty he had cultivated at the expense of his Magyar nobles. The coin's issue sits in the broader Hungarian millennium coinage tradition, which used historical royal figures to assert Magyar dynastic continuity within a dual monarchy that many Hungarians still resented.
The .999 fine silver specification is notably purer than the standard .835 used for circulation coinage of the same period.