Flanders 1657 souverain d'or Fr-227
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This specimen was lot 31788 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $3,290. The catalog description[1] noted, "Flanders. Philip IV of Spain gold Souverain d'or 1657 MS62 NGC, Bruges mint. An outstanding example with absolutely perfect golden surfaces and incredibly sharp definition throughout. A conditional rarity and currently the only graded example from NGC." This type is listed for Flanders for 1625-64. Similar lions d'or were struck in Brabant and Tournai.
Recorded mintage: 27,000 for 1656-58.
Specification: 5.54 g, .947 fine gold.
Catalog reference: G.H., 325-1; Delm-170; W., 998, Fr-227 (listed under Belgium), KM 32.
- 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.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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