Brabant 1609(h) 2 albertins d'or Fr-86
This specimen was lot 660 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €650 (about US$846 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV double albertin, 1609, Anvers. 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. Rare. Rogné. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, gold double albertin of 1609, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms, order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: Burgundian cross divides the date; above, a crown, adorned with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Rare, clipped, Fine - Very 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. The double albertin d'or is shown here. It was replaced after 1612 by the souverain d'or. Albert and Isabella were regents for Philip III in the Netherlands.
Recorded mintage: 1,746,219 for 1600-11.
Specification: 5.15 g, 0.895 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, this specimen is 4,88 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-86, KM-10.1, G.H. 284-1; Delm. 145; W. 892; 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 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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