Tournai 1601 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
This specimen was lot 74699 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $1,620. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Tournai. 2 Albertins, 1601. Tournai Mint. Albert & Isabel. NGC MS-61. A fairly SCARCE and enchanting example that yields an alluring golden-olive hue, this Mint State exemplar also glistens with an ample array of original brilliance. From the David Sterling Collection." This type was struck 1601-07 and 1610. A double albertin d'or was four-thirds of a ducat. It was replaced after 1612 by the souverain d'or. Albert and Isabella were regents for Philip III in the Netherlands.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.15 g, 0.895 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-389; KM-6; Delm-437.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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