Flanders (1346-84) cavalier d'or Fr-156

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 20032
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This specimen was lot 20032 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $4,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "BELGIUM. Flanders. Cavalier d'Or, ND. Ghent Mint. Louis II de Male (1346-84). NGC MS-65. Louis II de Male was count of Flanders when that province was one of the richest regions of Europe. Nominally part of France, Louis refused to pay homage to either the king of France or the king of England, steering a neutral course during the Hundred Years War. It was then that this imitation of a French franc à cheval was struck. Later, he married his daughter to Philip, duke of Burgundy, uniting the two houses against the authority of the king of France. This specimen is a lovely gem, round and fully struck with complete rims, completely free of any planchet defects or traces of cleaning. Soft frosty luster and a wonderful example of medieval hammered gold." The count also struck imitation chaise d'or, mouton d'or, lion d'or and heaume d'or.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold; this specimen is 3.81 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-156; Delm-458; Demay-193.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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