Tournai 1600 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
This specimen was lot 800 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$975 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV double albertin, 1600. D/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. R/ Croix de Bourgogne accostée de la date, sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. DOM· TOVR en fin de légende. Double frappe. Très Beau à Superbe. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, gold double albertin of 1600. Obverse: crowned arms, Order chain around; reverse: Burgundian cross divides the date under a crown, supporting the jewel of the Golden Fleece, "DOM· TOVR" at the end of the legend. Double struck, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type is recorded for 1600-09 as part of a coinage reform (see Brabant (1600-11) 2 ducats Fr-84 for more details). Of the three mints that struck this type, Antwerp (hand mintmark) is the most common. A double albertin d'or was four-thirds of a ducat.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.15 g, 0.895 fine gold, this specimen 5,15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6 (unlisted date), Fr-389, G.H. 284-7a; Delm-437; Hoc 351; VH 582.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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