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Gate of the Coin Mint

Gate of the Coin Mint
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Leontin l, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
coin mint
Current function:
ruin
Settlement:
Gyulafehérvár, Alba Iulia
Historical Hungarian county:
Alsó-Fehér
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.0669943232, 23.5722063089
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History

The first coins were minted during the reign of Prince Báthory Gábor of Transylvania and they bore the coat of arms of the town. The minting of coins reached its peak during the reign of Prince Bethlen Gábor, when gold coins were also minted. After Transylvania came under Habsburg rule, the mint also became the property of the Habsburg Empire. The new mint was located in the southern part of the fortress, between the Prince's Palace and the storehouse. In a short time it became one of the most important minting workshops of the empire. It operated until 1871, after which it closed and all its equipment was moved to Körmöcbánya in northern Hungary (now Slovakia).

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