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[[Image:Brabant 1631 ducaton obv JElsen 109-929.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 109, lot 929]]
[[Image:Brabant 1631 ducaton rev JElsen 109-929.jpg|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Brabant 1559.jpg|400px|thumb|Brabant in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas]]

This specimen was lot 929 in Jean Elsen sale 109 (Brussels, June 2011) where it sold for €4,200 (about US$7,101 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR ducaton, 1631, Bruxelles. Premier type. Piéfort de poids double. Droit : B. cuirassé à droite, une grande fraise au col. Revers : Ecu couronné, soutenu par deux lions. En dessous, le bijou de la Toison d'or. Provient de la collection Symkens et de SBS, vente 42, Bâle, 21-23 janvier 1997, 240. Très Rare. presque Superbe '' (Duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver ducaton of 1631, Brussels mint. First type, piefort of double thickness. Obverse: armored bust to right with ruffed collar. Reverse: crowned arms supprted by two lions, Order of the Golden Fleece below. From the Symkens collection and SBS sale 42, Basel, 1997, lot 240. Very rare, nearly extremely fine.)"</blockquote>

Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the [[Liege 1671 ducaton Dav-4296|bishopric of Liège]] and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown here was struck at the Antwerp mint 1622-36 and at the Brussels mint 1624-36. A very similar coin was struck for Flanders (Dav-4446) and Tournai (Dav-4450). The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors. This specimen is rare because it is a piefort.

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 64.96 g, 0.944 fine silver, this specimen 64,91 g.

''Catalog reference:'' G.H., 327-3a; Delm-275a; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-4443]], KM 56.2. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 108,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2011.

''Link to:''
* [[Brabant 1620(a) ducaton Dav-4428|1620 ducaton, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1623(h) 3 ducaton Dav-4442|1623 triple ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1624(a) 2 ducaton Dav-4443|1624 double ducaton, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1628(a) 2 patagon Dav-4461|1628 double patagon, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1631(a) 1/4 patagon|1631 quarter patagon, Brussels mint]]
* [[Tournai 1631 1/2 patagon|Tournai 1631 ''demi-patagon'']]
* [[Brabant 1631(h) patagon Dav-4462|1631 patagon, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1631(a) patagon Dav-4462|1631 patagon, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1631(s) patagon Dav-4462|1631 patagon, Maastricht mint]]
* [[Burgundy 1631 patagon Dav-4472|Burgundy 1631 patagon]]
* [[Tournai 1631 patagon Dav-4470|Tournai 1631 patagon]]
* [[Brabant 1631(a) ducaton Dav-4444|1631 ducaton, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1631(h) ducaton Dav-4444|1631 ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1631(h) 3 ducaton Dav-4442|1631 triple ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1632(a) 2 ducaton Dav-4443|1632 double ducaton, Brussels mint]]
* [[Brabant 1634(h) 1/2 ducaton]]
* [[Brabant 1634(h) ducaton Dav-4444|1634 ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Flanders 1634 ducaton Dav-4446]]
* [[Brabant 1636(h) patagon Dav-4462|1636 patagon, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Liege 1671 ducaton Dav-4296]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1631]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]]

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