Luxembourg 1641 escalin
This specimen was lot 1726 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$599 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR escalin, 1641, Luxembourg. D/ Lion deb. à g., ten. une épée et un écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Ecu couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Luxembourg, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver escalin of 1641, Luxemburg mint. Obverse: lion rampant left, bearing a sword and the arms of Austria-Burgundy; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This escalin or schelling is listed in the SCWC for 1637 only. Similar (and more common) escalins were made at made at Brussels, Tournai, Antwerp, s'Hertogenbosch and Maastricht.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.26 g, 0.582 fine silver, this specimen 4,97 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, Weiller 230; G.H. 333-5; Probst L239-7; V.H. 648.
- 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 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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