Liege (1614) florin d'or Fr-322

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Jean Elsen sale 147, lot 1089
Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1150

The first specimen was lot 1089 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,961 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AV florin d'or au type rhénan, s.d. (1614), Hasselt. D/ Le prince-évêque trônant de f., au-dessus d'un écusson de Bouillon. R/ Ecu écartelé de Bavière-Palatinat dans un trilobe anglé, cantonné de F-D-B. Très rare Fêlure du flan. Très Beau à Superbe. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, undated gold florin of the Rhenish type, Hasselt mint. Obverse: the prince-bishop enthroned, facing, with the arms of Bouillon below; reverse: quartered arms of Bavaria-Palatinate in an angled trilobe, cantonned with "F-D-B". Very rare, flan crack, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 1150 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,079 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AV florin d'or au type rhénan, s.d. (1614), Hasselt. D/ Le prince-évêque trônant de f., au-dessus d'un écusson de Bouillon. R/ Ecu écartelé de Bavière-Palatinat dans un trilobe anglé, cantonné de F-D-B. Très rare. La tranche retravaillée au droit. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991 et de Hirsch, Munich, vente 40, 18 janvier 1984, 495. (principality of Liège, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, undated gold florin of the Rhenish type, circa 1614, Hasselt mint. Obverse: the prince-bishop enthroned, the arms of Bouillon below; reverse: quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate in a trilobe, cantonned with "F-D-B". Very rare, edge tooling on the obverse. Very Fine.)"

The first specimen is one of three appearing in CoinArchives since 2008. All had planchet splits.

Ferdinand was the second of four prince-bishops from Bavaria. They were also dukes of Bouillon, archbishops of Cologne and electors of the Empire, all of which titles appeared in various combinations on their coins. They are as follows:

  • Ernest, r. 1581-1612, archbishop of Cologne (1583-1612), bishop of Münster (1584-1612), Freising, Hildesheim and Liège.
  • Ferdinand, r. 1612-50, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn (1618-50) and Liège. Never ordained as a priest.
  • Maximilian Henry, r. 1650-88, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim and Liège. Lost the duchy of Bouillon to Louis XIV.
  • Joseph Clement, r. 1688-1723, bishop of Regensburg and Freising (1685-94) and archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Hildesheim (1702-23) and Liège (1694-1723).
  • Clemens August, r. 1723-61, bishop of Regensburg (1716-19) and then archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Osnabrück and Paderborn but never ruled in Liège. His incompetence and extravagance ended Wittelsbach rule in Cologne.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, the first specimen 3,19 g, the second specimen is 3,19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 47, Fr-322; Chestret 581; Dengis 1029; Delm-353.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
  • [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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