II. György Rákóczi ruled as Transylvanian prince between 1648 and 1660, with interruptions. He was born on January 30, 1621 in Sárospatak and died on June 7, 1660 in Nagyvárad. His father was György I. Rákóczi and his mother was Zsuzsanna Lorántffy. The Transylvanian parliament elected him prince on February 3, 1642, during his father's lifetime. He officially ascended the throne on October 11, 1648. During his reign, he led several important campaigns, and the main element of his policy was the acquisition of the Polish throne, which his father already considered feasible. On February 3, 1643, he married Zsófia Báthory in Gyulafehérvár, the last branch of the Báthory family, and through her the Báthory - estates in the hands of the Rákóczi family. From the marriage, only one son was born, Ferenc, who after his father's death in 1660, IV. Sultan Mehmed did not allow the capture of the princely seat. In 1649, he entered into an alliance with the hetman of the Cossacks, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, and in 1653 he brought Moldavia and Havasalföld under his fiefdom. In 1655, when war broke out between the Polish-Lithuanian Union and Sweden, Rákóczi made an alliance with the Swedes in order to obtain the Polish royal crown. In January 1657, despite the objections of the Porte, he launched a war with the Swedes against the Polish king János Kázmér. The campaign was initially successful; Rákóczi took Krakow and then marched into Warsaw. However, the Swedish king, Gusztáv Károly X, suddenly returned home, leaving Rákóczi alone. During his reign, he faced the Turks several times, and although his policy was aimed at getting rid of Turkish rule, this did not materialize. II. The reign of György Rákóczi marks a busy period in Transylvanian history, characterized by his campaigns and international diplomatic efforts.

II. The coinage of the Transylvanian prince György Rákóczi between 1648-1660 was one of the most significant periods of Hungarian coinage in the 17th century. The prince minted a large amount of money, which was an important tool for the development of the Transylvanian economy. He minted gold forints, denars, tallers and garas. Rákóczi's coinage was significant in many ways. On the one hand, it issued a significant amount of money, which was an important tool for the development of the Transylvanian economy. On the other hand, it introduced new types of money that were used to buy mass consumer goods. Thirdly, the techniques used in coinage improved, which contributed to the rise of the standard of Hungarian coinage.