Brabant 1640(a) 2 souverain d'or Fr-106

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Schulman sale 375, lot 1050

This specimen was lot 1050 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, PHILIPPE IV 1621–1665, Double souverain d 'or. 1640 sur 1639. Bruxelles. Buste couronné avec mince collet à droite, en haut tête entre le millésime .PHIL. IIII. D. G. HISP. ET. INDIAR. REX. R/. écu couronné entouré du collier de la Toison d 'Or ·ARCHID· AVST· DV – X· BVRG· BRAB· Z- C. RRR. Surfrappe inédit. Ongepubliceerde overslag. Griffes sur l 'avers, petite irrégularitée sur le planchet. Krasjes op voorzijde, enige onegelmatigheid in het plaatje. Prachtig. Surfrappe net non répertoriée dans la literature. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, double souverain d'or, 1640/39, Brussels mint. Obverse: crowned bust right with flat collar; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very rare, unpublished overdate, scratches on the obverse, some planchet irregularity, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1637-47 and features a middle-aged bust of the king n a flat collar. The previous issue (Fr-103) depicted him in a ruffed collar.

Recorded mintage: 42,000 from Brussels plus 8,000 from Antwerp.

Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 74.1, GH. 324.3b; Delm-177; Vanhoudt 637; de W. 1017; Fr-106.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 375, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.

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