Flanders (1466-67) florin Fr-188
This specimen was lot 925 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$8,809 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AV bourgondische goudgulden, 1466-1467, Gent. Droit: Sint Andries met zijn kruis voor zich, hoofd nue radié. Revers: Bourgondisch wapenschild op een lang gevoet kruis. Zeer Zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good (1419-67), Burgundian goldgulden with out date (1466-67), Ghent mint. Obverse: haloed St. Andrew bearing a cross; reverse: Burgundian arms over a long armed cross. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This coin is variously catalogued as a goldgulden or a florin and was equal to a ducat. The coin, strictly speaking, does not belong with the Spanish Netherlands as it was issued by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good. His son's death in battle ended the dynasty and allowed the Low Countries to fall into the hands of the Spanish.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3,36 g.
Catalog reference: coll. Vernier 47, G.H., 7-2; D.d.P., 4, 54; Delm-492; Fr-188.
- 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 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2014.
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