Flanders 1571 1/10 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 1269
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This specimen was lot 1269 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €180 (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR tiende Philipsdaalder, 1571, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond vuurijzer op een stokkenkruis. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver one-tenth daalder of 1571, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned firesteel on a Burgundian cross, jewel of the Golden Fleece below. good Very Fine.)

This type represents a very early experiment with decimal coinage, over a century before Russia adopted her hundred kopeks = one ruble. Twentieth, tenth and fifth écus were minted in Artois, Brabant, Flanders and Tournai. The écu Philippe of 1571-85 was a revival of the écu Philippe of 1555-66.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 3,22 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 213-7b; VH 308.

Source:

  • 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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