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[[Image:Brabant c1549 florin obv JElsen 121-782.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 121, lot 782]]
[[Image:Brabant c1549 florin rev JElsen 121-782.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 782 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €7,000 (about US$11,212 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR florin Karolus d'argent, s.d. (1549-1552), Maastricht. Premier type. Droit: B. couronné et cuirassé de l'empereur à droite, la barbe longue. DVX· BVRG· Z· B· en fin de légende. Revers: Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne posé sur une croix fleuronnée coupant la légende. Extrêmement Rare. Très Beau.'' (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Fifth (1506-55), silver "carolus florin" without date (1549-52), Maastricht mint, first type. Obverse: crowned and armored bust of the emperor to right with a long beard. Reverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross divides the legend. Extremely rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> This rare type is not mentioned in Davenport, either because he was not aware of it or because it is too light to be counted as a thaler.

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 22,72 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' G.H., 187-2; Delm-2; W., 668.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 121,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Brabant (1544-48) silver florin]]
* [[Flanders 1549 korte]]
* [[Brabant (1553-56) silver florin]]
* [[Brabant 1557(h) ecu Dav-8623]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1549]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish|Spanish Netherlands]]

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