Diversity in Numismatics
Cayman Islands


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Coin Description:
Grade: NGC MS 62
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Other (Diverse collecting in the style of Garrett while on a very limited budget)
Set Name: Diversity in Numismatics
Slot Name: Cayman Islands
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

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Transylvania Local Prince Gabriel Bathori 1608 - 1613 3 Groschen - 1611 MS-62 KM #A77 Census - This is the only 3GRO of this variety and date certified by NGC Obv. – Bust of Gabriel Bathori right Rev. – Value III above shield which also divides CI – BI and the date In the 16th century, the conflict between Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire allowed Transylvania to gain a certain independence as the Principality of Transylvania under Ottoman suzerainty until it was finally integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy around 1700. The Habsburg rulers continued to use the title Prince of Transylvania (and later Grand Prince of Transylvania) as part of their official title until the end of Austria-Hungary in 1918. The territory was administered by an appointed governor until 1867, when it was dissolved as an administrative unit in the wake of the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich of 1867 and integrated into Hungary. At the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1919, Transylvania, along with other regions of eastern Hungary, became part of the Kingdom of Romania. It was divided between Romania and Hungary in 1940 but reverted back to Romania in 1945. Gabriel Báthory (15 August 1589 – 27 October 1613) was Prince of Transylvania from 1608 to his death in 1613. When Gabriel was born, his grand cousin Sigismund had just assumed the government of Transylvania. At the end of his turbulent reign, which saw him retire four times, Transylvania in 1601 came under direct Habsburg rule, represented by the cruel military governor Giorgio Basta. When the military commander Stephen Bocskay raised the flag of rebellion against the Habsburgs, Gabriel sided with him. Bocskay drove Basta out of Transylvania and, in 1605, was elected Prince by a diet. Bocskay was recognized as Prince by the Habsburg in the Treaty of Vienna of 1606, but died in the same year. Gabriel, a member of the former princely family and an able soldier, was a natural candidate for the succession, but Bocskay had named Bálint Homonnai Drugeth as his successor, a young man of noble birth and military ability. The Transylvanian estates, claiming the right to freely chose the Prince, rejected both candidates, as electing Drugeth would have meant yielding to the late Bocskay (who had named Homonnai) and to the Ottomans (who had already accepted this designation), while electing Báthory would have meant accepting his dynastic claims and a return to hereditary rule. While the two candidates rallied their supporter outside of the country, the estates looked to Sigismund Rákóczi, who had served the late Prince as governor, as a third option, as he was a man of administrative ability but without support outside of the estates. This volatile situation was exploited by Gabriel Báthory. The Hajduks had considered electing Drugeth as King, but the former candidate refused to meet with them. Gabriel however, under the pretence of negotiating the defense of the country, on 5 February 1608 signed a pact with the Haiducs: their commanders pledged to fight with him to whatever end, while he promised to promote Calvinism, make their general Andre Nagy his minister and their preacher a counsellor, and to provide the Hajduks with lands in the region of Oradea, Ecsed and Kállo. The Transylvanian government did not dare to oppose the Hajduk force and on 7 March Rákóczi resigned in favour of Báthory. After avoiding assassination in 1610 Gabriel was on 27 October, 1613 at Oradea by two Hajduks, who reportedly had been bribed by Ghiczy. My cost was $300

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