Brabant 1600(h) 1/8 florin
This specimen was lot 1104 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €160 (about US$202 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR stoter (huitième de florin), 1600, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. R/ Croix fleuronnée, cantonnée de deux lions et de deux couronnes. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver stoter or one-eighth florin of 1600, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: floriate cross cantonned with two lions and two crowns. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1600 at Antwerp and at Bruges in Flanders. It was part of the coinage reform of Albert and Isabella which attempted to revive the devastated Spanish Netherlands. It must not have been successful as this denomination was quickly dropped.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.42 g, 0.417 fine silver, this specimen 3,35 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 290-1; W. 903; V.H. 590.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
Link to:
- Flanders 1600 1/8 gulden = stoter
- Tournai 1600 huitième de florin d'argent (stoter)
- Brabant 1600 silver florin
- Flanders 1600 silver florin
- 1600 quadruple florin, Antwerp mint
- 1600 albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- 1600 albertin d'or, Maastricht mint
- 1601 demi-florin, Antwerp mint
- 1601 florin, Antwerp mint
- 1601 double albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- Coins and currency dated 1600