Brabant 1636(h) couronne d'or Fr-109

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Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 806
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This specimen was lot 806 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$899 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AV couronne d'or, 1636, Anvers. D/ Croix à triple nervure, évidée et feuillue. R/ Ecu couronné, accosté de deux briquets couronnés. Très rare. Nettoyé. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, gold crown of 1636, Antwerp mint. Obverse: voids and leafed cross; reverse: crowned arms between two crowned firesteels. Very rare, cleaned, slightly weakly struck, very fine.)"

This rare type was struck 1622-24 and 1629-39 at Antwerp and Brussels; all the mintages are small.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen 3,40 g.

Catalog reference: KM A57.1 (unlisted date), Fr-109, G.H. 326-1; Delm-171; W. 999; VH 639.

Source:

  • 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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