Flanders (1388-1404) noble Fr-169

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 829

This specimen was lot 829 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,618 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Stoute (1384-1404), AV gouden nobel, 1388-1404, Gent, Mechelen en Brugge. Vz/ De graaf met zwaard en Bourgondisch wapenschild in een schip. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis in een achtpas met P in het hart en in de hoeken vier gekroonde leeuwtjes. Zeldzaam Drukspoor aan de rand. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Bold, 1384-1404, gold noble, 1388-1404, Ghent, Mechelen or Bruges mint. Obverse: the count with sword and Burgundian arms stands in a ship; reverse: eight-armed floriate cross with a "P" in the center and crowned fleurs-de-lys in the fields. Rare, mount mark on edge, good very fine.)

De onvanger voor Vlaanderen, de algemeen muntmeester, de waardijn van de munt en de meesters van de Rekenkamer in Rijsel gaven in een brief van 8 maart 1388 de raad nobels te slaan zoals in Engeland. Op 1 oktober 1388 verordende Philips de Stoute de aanmaak van Vlaamse nobels, halve en kwart nobels in het kasteel van Gent. - Le 8 mars 1388, le receveur de Flandre, le maître général des monnaies, le wardin de la monnaie et les maîtres de la Chambre des comptes de Lille conseillèrent à Philippe le Hardi de faire frapper des nobles d'or sur le même pied que les nobles d'Angleterre. Le comte de Flandre suivit leur conseil et ordonna le 1er octobre 1388 l'émission de nobles, demi-nobles et quarts de noble en son château de Gand. (On March 8th, 1388, the receiver of Flanders, the master-general of the coins, the warden of the mint and the masters of the Chamber of Accounts of Lille, advised Philip the Bold to have gold nobles struck on the same footing as the noble of England. The Count of Flanders followed their advice and ordered on October 1, 1388 the issue of noble, half-noble and quarter noble in his castle of Ghent.)"

This coin was issued by the Burgundian duke for Flanders, the wealthiest part of his domain. The death of his grandson, Charles the Rash, in 1477, allowed the county to pass to the Spanish Hapsburgs.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 7,69 g.

Catalog reference: D.d.P. 8, 15; Delm-474; Martiny, Gent, 61; Fr-169.

Source:

  • 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 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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