Holland (1560-62) 1/2 real d'or Fr-143

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Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 2518
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This specimen was lot 2518 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$532 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1581), AV halve gouden reaal, z.j. (1560-1562), Dordrecht. Met PHILIPPVS op vz. en roosje op kz. Vz/ Bb. l. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild. Zwakke slag. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, county of Holland, Philip II, 1555-81, undated gold half real, circa 1560-62, Dordrecht mint, with PHILIPPVS on the obverse and a rose on the reverse. Obverse: bust left; reverse: crowned arms. Weakly struck, fine to very fine.)"

The first type, shown here, has the king's motto "DOMINVS· MIHI· ADIVTOR" on the reverse; on the second type, it is shown on the obverse. Gold half reals were also struck in Brabant, Gelderland, Flanders and Overijssel, all with the bust facing right.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.750 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-143, G.H. 207-11a var.; Delm-765; VH 262.

Sources:

  • 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 der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
  • [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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