Burgundy 1640 patagon Dav-4472

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Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 1305
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This specimen was lot 1305 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €380 (about US$481 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCHE-COMTE, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR patagon, 1640, Dole. Différent: étoile. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Très rare. presque Très Beau. (free county of Burgundy, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver patagon of 1636, Dole mint, star privy mark. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown, bearing the firesteel of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms, Order chain around. Very rare, about very fine.)"

The county of Burgundy was separated from the duchy of Burgundy when the Burgundian inheritance was partitioned in 1492. It passed to Spain in 1516 and was ruled by them until ceded to France in 1678. Besançon, the capital, became the site of a French mint (mintmark "CC"). The SCWC lists the coinage of Burgundy under "French States" but we will file it with the rest of the issues of the Spanish Netherlands. This is an unlisted date of a type struck 1622-28, 1634-36, 1639. The mintmark is a cross or a rosette but the most obvious mark of origin is the legend "COM • BVRG • Zc".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.10 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen is 27,52 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-4472, KM 15 (unlisted date), G.H. 329-8c (unlisted date); Delm-299 (unlisted date); Dole R30b (7 known); VH 645.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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