Tournai 1603 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
This specimen was lot 608 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €750 (about US$1,145 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV double albertin, 1603, Droit: Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Revers: Croix de Bourgogne accostée de la date, sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. DOM TOR en fin de légende. Ex HSA 1405. presque Superbe. (Lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella (1598-1621), gold double albertin of 1603. Obverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: Burgundian cross divides date, jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece below. About extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for Tournai for 1600-10. 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, .895 fine gold; this specimen is 5,08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6, G.H., 284-7b; Delm-437; Hoc, 361, Fr-389 (listed under Belgium).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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