Flanders 1680 stuiver
This specimen was lot 1401 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Karel II (1665-1700), AR stuiver, 1680, Brugge. Vz/ Stokkenkruis eindigend op vuurijzers, met lelie in het midden. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild tussen het jaartal. Zeldzaam. bijna Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Charles II, 1665-1700, silver stuiver of 1680, Bruges mint. Obverse: voided cross with firesteels at each end and a lily in the center; reverse: crowned arms divide the date. Rare, about very fine.)"
The SCWC lists this two year type as a patard.
Recorded mintage: 1,503,564 for 1679-80.
Specification: 1.9 g, 0.250 fine silver, this specimen is 1,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM 75, G.H. 355-4; VH 700.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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