Flanders 1648 souverain d'or Fr-227
This specimen was lot 809 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"BELGIEN Flandern, Grafschaft, Philipp IV. 1621-1665. Souverain d'or 1648, Bruges. Vorzüglich-FDC. Knapper Schrötling, sonst überdurchschnittlich gut ausgeprägt. (Belgium, county of Flanders, Philip IV, 1621-65, gold souverain of 1648, Bruges mint. Extremely fine-uncirculated, Small flan, otherwise extraordinarily well struck.)"
This type is listed for Flanders for 1625, 1644, 1648-64. Similar lions d'or were struck in Brabant and Tournai. This specimen was offered again as lot 1536 in Sincona sale 94 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 1,600 CHF (about US$2,218 including buyer's fees).
Recorded mintage: 48,000.
Specification: 5.54 g, 0.947 fine gold, this specimen 5.49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 32, Delmonte 561, Vanhoudt 638BG, Fr-227.
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- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
Link to:
- Tournai 1648 1/2 patagon
- Tournai 1648 1/2 ducaton
- Brabant 1648 patagon, Brussels mint
- Tournai 1648 patagon
- 1648 patagon
- Brabant 1648 double patagon, Brussels mint
- Brabant 1648 double ducaton, Antwerp mint
- Brabant 1648 triple ducaton, Antwerp mint
- Tournai 1648 souverain d'or Fr-397 = lion d'or
- 1649 souverain d'or, Antwerp mint
- 1652 souverain d'or, Bruges mint
- Coins and currency dated 1648