Brabant 1563 1/2 ecu

Ponterio sale 169, lot 22457

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 22457 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $106. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Brabant. 1/2 Ecu, 1563. Antwerp Mint. Philipp II (1555-98). Dark toned. VERY FINE." This type represents a very early experiment with decimal coinage, over a century before Russia adopted her hundred kopeks = one ruble.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: VanGelder-211-1; Delmonte-53.

Source:

• Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

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