Flanders 1632 1/4 patagon
This specimen was lot 1022 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €80 (about US$108 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips IV (1621-1665), AR kwart patagon, 1632, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond stokkenkruis met een vuurijzer tussen het jaartal en het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver quarter patagon of 1632, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned Burgundian cross supporting the jewel of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very Fine.)"
This quarter patagon was struck 1624-25, 1628-32, 1638-40, 1644, 1654-60, 1663. The common dates are 1624 and 1631, with 1632 being third. 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. A very similar coin was struck for Artois, Brabant and Tournai. 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 6,72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 37, G.H. 331-6; Delm-313; V.H. 647.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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