Tournai 1613 2 souverain d'or Fr-391
This specimen was lot 3005 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,930 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BELGIEN, TOURNAI, Albert und Isabella von Spanien, 1598-1621. 2 Souverain d'or 1613. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 55. GOLD. Feine Goldpatina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (county of Tournai, Albert and Isabelle, 1598-1621, double souverain d'or of 1613, in NGC AU-55 holder. Fine gold patina, small edge defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type is listed undated (KM 23.1) and dated (KM 23.2, 1612-20). The denomination was struck until 1657 with the portrait of Philip IV (KM 55).
Recorded mintage: 5,618 for 1612-13.
Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-391 (Belgium); KM-23.2; VanGeld-304-7b; Delm-439.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017
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