Kammerhof, denarius, forint, groat, money rates
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The chamber yard of Buda, that is the mint. Its other name, the Latin Magna Curia, refers to the fact that originally it was the royal house of Buda. There are references already from the 13th century that there was a royal house in the city at that time, but we do not know where it had been: at its later place or at another place. The Kammerhof was built by Charles I at the north-eastern, highest point of the Castle Hill. At its central part, at the corner of the city walls there was its own gate tower. A long building was attached to this, which was supported by the city wall. Later another short wing was attached to this building. There might have been building along the other sides of the spacious yard, but those did not survive. Elisabeth, the Queen Mother, had the St Martin chapel built in the opposite end of the yard in 1349. A wing was attached to this, too. The buildings of the Kammerhof, grouped around the central yard, are similar to the chamber yard of Czech kings, at Kutna-Hora. Louis I had it given away to the Paulines of Budaszentlőrinc in 1382, presumably because the new southern palace had been finished by then. Later it became a private possession.. László Zolnay and Katalin H. Gyürky led excavations in its territory.
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denarius
Silver money of low value. Denariuses were used in the ancient Rome first, the name comes from the Latin.
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forint
A golden coin, which was first issued in 1252 in Florence. Its Latin name, florenus, refers to the lily in the coat-of-arms of the city (flos). Later it was minted in other European countries: the Hungarian forint was first mentioned in 1326 in a Moravian source. Its weight was 3.56 grs, so it was 2 grs heavier than the Florentine forint, since its standard quality was lower. Charles I's forints followed the Florentine model: on the face was the lily, on the back St John the Baptiser. Louis (the Great) I put the Angevine-Hungarian coat-of-arms onto the face in 1354, then from 1358 St Ladislaus was represented on the back. This form survived till 1468.
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groat (Italian grosso)
Big and valuable silver coins, which were minted first at the end of the 12th century in Italian towns. In the Czech state it was minted since 1300, in Hungary Charles I issued it between 1329 and 1337, and Louis the Great between 1345 and 1369. On the face was the king, on the back the Angevine-Hungarian coat-of-arms, and on the face of Louis the Great's groat was the coat-of-arms and St Ladislaus on the back.
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money rates
A figure, which shows how many coins were minted from a fixed (weight) unit of precious metal of a standard quality.
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