Brabant 1601-B 1/2 florin

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Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 884
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This specimen was lot 884 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR demi-florin (10 sols), 1601, Bruxelles. D/ B. affrontés des archiducs sous une couronne. R/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne. En dessous, X. Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver half florin or ten sols of 1601, Brussels mint. Obverse: bust of the archdukes facing each other under a crown; reverse: Burgundian cross under a crown, an X below. Fine.)"

This series of 1599-1603 was struck in denominations of two, one, half (= real), quarter and eighth florin (= stoter). It was not a success and was replaced in 1612 by the ducaton, patagon and their fractions. The half half florin was struck at Bruges, Tournai, Brussels (shown here), Antwerp and Maastricht 1601-03 and undated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.56 g, 0.667 fine silver, 32 mm diameter; this specimen 7,33 g.

Catalog reference: KM 21.2, G.H. 288-3; Delm. 243; W. 945; VH 588.

Source:

  • 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.

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