Brabant (1467-74) florin d'or Fr-32
This specimen was lot 1006 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,124 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BRABANT Karl der Kühne, 1467-1477. Florin d'or de Bourgogne o. J. (1467-1474), Leuven. GOLD. RR Sehr schön. (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Rash, 1467-66 undated Burgundian florin, Louvain mint. Very rare, very fine.)"
This coin is always called a florin d'or de Bourgogne as it was only 0.792 fine gold. Florins from Florence were at least 0.917 fine. Charles the Rash issued this from Louvain (shown here) and Antwerp (hand mintmark, Fr-33) and a half florin (Fr-34) during his short reign. Similar florins were issued into the reign of Charles V.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.40 g, 0.792 fine gold, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3,35 g.
Catalog reference: Delm. 68; Fr-32; Vanhoudt 30 LE (R2); Vanhoudt/Saunders 132.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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