Hey JJ, or anyone else who might know,,,,,

[the_Thing ®]

Are there any coins, pre 18th century, that have any connection (portrait, subject, family, etc) to Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler?

[truthteller]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUTH

[GDJMSP]

It appears there is -

 

Vlad coin

 

The only reason I know about this museum is because the curator is helping me with some research on another coin

[JamminJ]

As far as I know, coins of Vlad himself are quite scarce.

 

However, Transylvania was a quasi-independent principality for many years. They issued their own coins despite owing nominal allegience to either the Turkish Sultan or the hapsburg King of Hungary depending on how the most recent war went.

 

Here's a Transylvania coin from 1650, note "P TRAN" = "Prince of Transylvania" in the legend:

 

-JamminJ

[Hoot]

Here's a sorta interesting LINK to a tidbit on Transylvanian coinage...

 

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