Holland (1428-33) chaise d'or Fr-121
This specimen was lot 991 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,040 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, Graafschap, Philips de Goede, ruwaard, en Jacoba van Beieren (1428-1433), AV gouden schild klinkaert, emissie 1429, Dordrecht. Vz/ + PHS DVX BVRG- IACOB- DVC BA CO HOL De gekroonde vorst gezeten in een gotische troon, met zwaard, tussen Bourgondisch en Hollands-Beiers wapenschild. Kz/ + XPC VINCIT CPX REGNAT XPC INPERAT Gebloemd kruis in een vierpas. Zeldzaam. Barstje aan de rand en kras op kz. Uit onze veiling 23, 14 november 1991, 449. (Netherlands, county of Holland, Philip the Good as regent for his wife Jacoba of Bavaria, gold shield, circa 1429, Dordrecht mint. Obverse: the crowned duke seated under a Gothic canopy, with sword and shield; reverse: floriate cross in a quadrilobe. Rare, edge crack, about Very Fine.)
Jacqueline of Bavaria was countess of Hainaut and heiress of her father William of Holland but could not get recognition of her claim to Holland from the emperor. Eventually, after plots, wars and intrigue, she reluctantly signed a treaty with her cousin Philip the Good ceding to him her rights in exchange for him clearing up her many debts. In 1428-33, Philip issued coinage in Holland declaring himself her regent. This chaise d'or has "x JACOB x" at the bottom of the obverse. Jacqueline died in 1436.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.65 g, 0.708 fine gold, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 3,49 g.
Catalog reference: v.d.Ch. 13, 2; Delm-741; Grolle 20C.1.2; Fr-121.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- Gelderland (1371-1402) goldgulden Fr-43
- Holland (1411) chaise d'or Fr-112
- Holland (1425-28) chaise d'or Fr-119, Philip of Burgundy
- Holland (1429-30) chaise d'or Fr-119, Zevenbergen mint
- Holland (1433-67) cavalier d'or Fr-126
- Coins and currency dated 1428
- return to coins of Netherlands, Holland