Description
The gilded coin contains a depiction of the gold coins minted by Queen Mary, with the joint Hungarian-Anjou coat of arms in a hexafoil on the front and St. Ladislaus on the back. During her short reign (1382 – 1395), Queen Mary continued to issue the gold forint coins minted under her father, Louis the Great. The difference between the two sovereigns coins was in the name of the ruler in the legend. Additionally, the coins minted under Mary’s reign had a unique mark, deemed to be a mint mark: a cross within a circle.
