Ongaro (coin)

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Ongaro , also Ungaro , was a Hungarian ducat (gold guilder) with Italian and Italian-Swiss names. The coin was minted and minted in Italian mints such as Parma , Modena , Correggio , Tassarolo and Macagno as the Grand Ducal Tuscan gold coin. A distinction was made between Ongari imperial , i.e. imperial ducats, and Ongaro Kremnitz , Kremnitzer ducats from Ongari principi , the German and Dutch (today: Dutch).

According to the Florentine weight, the coin was two deniers, which corresponded to about 23 grains. The issues from around 1601 showed on the front the armored, crowned and right-winged Cosmus III, Grand Duke of Florence and son of Ferdinand II , who took over the full government from 1672. The reverse indicated Hungary with the inscription: ad bonitate aurei Hungarie Liburni. Many issues such as B. those of 1674, 1676, 1691, 1674, 1736 remained the same in terms of weight, only the coinage from 1738 changed to the image of Franz III.

literature

  • N. Bauer: Dictionary of coinage. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1970, ISBN 978-3-11001-227-9 , p. 714.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 218.
  • General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order. Volume 3, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1832, p. 459.