Brabant 1601-B 2 albertins d'or Fr-88
This specimen was lot 878 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,063 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV double albertin, 1601, Bruxelles. Différent: B en fin de légende au revers. D/ Écu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. R/ Croix de Bourgogne accostée de la date, sous une couronne, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Extrêmement rare. presque Superbe. Provient de notre vente 147, 4 juin 2021, 911. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, double albertin of 1601, Brussels mint, "B" at the end of the reverse legend. Obverse: crowned arms, Order chain around; reverse: Burgundian cross divides the date, under a crown, adorned with the jewel of the Golden Fleece. Extremely rare, about Extremely Fine.)"
This type is recorded for 1600-09 as part of a coinage reform which eventually failed. Of the three mints that struck this type in Brabant, Antwerp (hand mintmark) is the most common. The albertin was replaced by the souverain d'or in 1612.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.15 g, 0.895 fine gold, 28 mm diameter; this specimen 5,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 10.3, Fr-88, G.H. 284-3; Delm. 153; W. 937; VH 582.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
Link to:
- 1600 albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- 1600 albertin d'or, Maastricht mint
- 1600 double albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- 1601 quart de florin (5 sols), Brussels mint
- 1601 demi-florin, Antwerp mint
- 1601 demi-florin, Brussels mint
- 1601 florin d'argent, Antwerp mint
- 1601 double albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- Tournai 1601 double albertin d'or
- 1602 florin d'argent, Antwerp mint
- 1602 double albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- Coins and currency dated 1601