Tournai 1605 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
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This specimen was lot 31791 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $2,115. The catalog description[1] noted, "Tournai. Albert & Elizabeth gold 2 Albertins 1605 MS61 NGC. A shimmering example, well-struck and with defined features on both sides. Handsome, darkened patina and original mint bloom fully complete this excellent mint-state selection." This type is listed for Tournai for 1600-10. A double albertin d'or was four-thirds of a ducat. It was replaced after 1622 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.
Catalog reference: KM 6, 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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