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Plaque of the Coin Mint

Plaque of the Coin Mint
EmileZolaNr4
Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
plaque
Current function:
plaque
Address:
Zola 4
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.7719504425, 23.5884210867
Google map:

History

The mint was moved from Nagyszeben to Kolozsvár in 1527 by King John I of Hungary. The workshop was built in 1608 partly leaning against the town wall. When the street was widened, the house was demolished. Its memorial plaque was placed on this building.

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