Flanders 1612 1/4 patagon

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 560
Jean Elsen sale 142, lot 988

The first specimen was lot 560 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €220 (about US$306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Albrecht en Isabella (1598-1621), AR kwart patagon, 1612, Brugge. Met jaartal op vz. Vz/ Gekroond Bourgondisch kruis. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver quarter patagon of 1612, Bruges mint, date on obverse. Obverse: crowned Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Good very fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 988 in Jean Elsen sale 142 (Brussels, September 2019), where it sold for €80 (about US$104 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Albrecht en Isabella (1598-1621), AR kwart patagon, 1612, Brugge. Met jaartal op vz. Vz/ Gekroond Bourgondisch kruis. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Vlekjes. Gereinigd. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver quarter patagon of 1612, Bruges mint, with date on obverse. Obverse: crowned Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Flecks, clipped, Very Fine.)"

Patagons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and ducatons. The type shown here was struck at the Bruges mint 1612, 1620 and without date. As can be imagined, the undated specimens are worth a fraction of the dated examples. The SCWC notes the Flemish issues as the most common, followed by the Brabant issue, tho none are plentiful today. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.03 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 7,02 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 313-6b var.; Haeck 780; Delm-272, KM 15.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
  • [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 142, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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