Brabant 1600(h) albertin d'or Fr-89
This specimen was lot 798 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €500 (about US$801 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV albertin, 1600, Anvers. Droit: Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Revers: Croix de Bourgogne accostée de la date, sous une couronne, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Provient de notre liste 79, mai-juin 1985, 185. presque Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabel (1598-1621), gold albertin of 1600, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms, with the Order of the Golden Fleece around. Reverse: Burgundian cross divides the date, crown above, jewel below. From our list 79, May-June 1985, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1600-11 as part of a short lived monetary reform. The albertin d'or was two-thirds of a ducat. Double albertins d'or exist.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.92 g, 0.792 fine gold, this specimen 2,89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8.1, G.H., 285-1; Delm-146; W., 893, Fr-89.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.
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