Tournai 1604 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
This specimen was lot 803 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,040 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AV double albertin, 1604. Sans différent monétaire. 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· TOR en fin de légende. Extrêmement rare. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, gold double albertin of 1604, wthout mintmark. Obverse: crowned arms, order chain around; reverse:Burgundian cross divides the date, under a crown, supporting the jewel of the Golden Fleece, "DOM· TOR" at the end of the legend. Extremely rare, weakly struck, Very 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 5,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6, Fr-389, G.H. 284-7b var.; Delm-437 var.; Hoc 366 var.; VH 582 var.
- 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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