Flanders 1572 1/10 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 140, lot 548

This specimen was lot 548 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR tiende Philipsdaalder, 1572, Brugge. Zonder muntteken. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond vuurijzer op een stokkenkruis. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Uiterst zeldzaam Barst in de muntplaat. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver tenth daalder of 1572, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: Jewel of the Golden Fleece over a floriate cross. Rare, planchet crack, Very Fine.)"

Flanders is now in the heart of Belgium. This coin was part of an early attempt to issue decimal coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3,21 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 213-7b var.; Haeck 665 var.; V.H. 308 var.

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 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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