Tournai 1616 2 deniers
This specimen was lot 921 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €40 (about US$51 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), Cu double denier, 1616. D/ Monogramme AE couronné. R/ Ecu couronné, posé sur une croix de Bourgogne, accosté de la date. Très Beau. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, copper double denier of 1616. Obverse: crowned monogram "AE"; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross divide the date. Very fine.)"
This is the most common date of a type struck 1607-09 and 1615-17. A similar coin was struck in Flanders as a dubbele penning. Altho this example is corroded and cleaned, seventeenth century coppers rarely come nicer than this.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 2,20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 12, G.H. 299-7; Hoc 403; VH 599.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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- (1615-18) 2/3 souverain d'or
- (1612-21) double souverain d'or
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- Flanders 1616 patagon, Bruges mint
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