Tournai 1594 1/20 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 138, lot 517

This specimen was lot 517 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €60 (about US$83 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Philippe II (1555-1598), restauré, AR vingtième d'écu Philippe, 1594. D/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. R/ Croix fleuronnée. Très Beau à Superbe. (lordship of Tournai, Philip II, 1555-98 restored, silver twentieth écu of 1594. Obverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: floriate cross. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type represents a very early experiment with decimal coinage, over a century before Russia adopted her hundred kopeks = one ruble. However, the reported weight seems to match that of a tenth écu.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3,26 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 215-14; Hoc 305.

Source:

  • 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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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