Flanders (1467-74) groat

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Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 53697
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This specimen was lot 53697 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "BELGIUM. Flander[s]. Groat, ND (1467-74). Bruges Mint. Charles the Bold. PCGS AU-58. From the Jerome S. Reznick Collection." The death of Charles the Rash in 1477 left only a daughter to inherit. Her marriage to Maximilian of Austria allowed the county to pass to the Spanish Hapsburgs.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Vanhoudt-34; GH-25.3.

Source:

  • Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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