Flanders 1589 1/10 ecu
This specimen was lot 1331 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it sold for €460 (about US$601 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR tiende Philipsdaalder, 1589, Brugge. Met lelie in jaartal. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond vuurijzer op een stokkenkruis. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Uiterst zeldzaam Donkere patina. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver tenth écu of 1589, Bruges mint, with a lily dividing the date. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned Burgundian cross, jewel of the Golden Fleece below. Very scarce, dark toning, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
Flanders is now in the heart of Belgium. This coin was part of an early attempt to introduce decimal coinage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,28 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 213-7c; V.H. 308.
- 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, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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