Brabant 1637(a) 2 souverain d'or Fr-106
This specimen was lot 1585 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Brabant. 2 Souverain d'Or, 1637. Brussels Mint. Philip IV. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Obverse: Ornamented bust facing right; Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms. Despite the "cleaned" notation by NGC, a rather handsome representative of this uncommon type with bold color and central detail. While faint lines become visible upon magnified inspection, they have little influence on the appearance when viewed normally." This type is recorded for 1637-47 from the Brussels (angel face mintmark, shown here) and Antwerp mints (hand mintmark).
Recorded mintage: 23,000 plus 40,000 from Antwerp.
Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold, .326 troy oz AGW, this specimen 10.98 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-106; KM-74.2.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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