Tournai 1586 1/2 ecu
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This specimen was lot 78477 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Tournai. 1/2 Ecu, 1586. Tournai Mint. Philip II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Richard August Collection." By 1586, the revolt of the southern provinces had been crushed. The Spanish rulers, among other things, restored the old écu Philippe and its fractions and struck them to the end of the reign. This type was struck 1582-99 along with 1/20, 1/10, 1/5 and whole écus Philippe.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.1 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Delm-76.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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