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[[Image:JE159-0829o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 829]]
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This specimen was lot 829 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €500 (about US$642 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRABANT, Duché, Charles II (1665-1700), AR 4 patards, 1700, Anvers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné. Très rare. Surface légèrement corrodée. Quelques taches. Très Beau.'' ([[Netherlands, Spanish|duchy of Brabant]], Charles II, 1665-1700, silver four patards of 1700, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross below a crown, bearing the jewel of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms. Very rare, lightly corroded, some stains, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck for the hapless Charles II of Spain in 1698 and 1700.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but the better date.

''Specification:'' 4.90 g, 0.385 fine silver; this specimen 4,55 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 121, G.H. 353-1; W. 1062; VH 718. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Brabant 1698 2 patards]] = 2 stuivers
* [[Brabant 1698 escalin]] = 6 stuivers
* [[Flanders 1698 4 patards]] = 4 stuivers
* [[Brabant 1698(h) patagon Dav-4498|1698 patagon, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Flanders 1700 schelling]] = escalin
* [[Brabant 1700(h) escalin|1700 escalin, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1700(h) patagon Dav-4498|1700 patagon, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Flanders 1700 patagon Dav-4500|Flanders 1700 patagon]]
* [[Flanders 1700 souverain d'or Fr-234|Flanders 1700 ''souverain d'or'', Bruges mint]]
* [[Brabant 1700(h) 2 souverain d'or Fr-120|1700 ''double souverain d'or'', Antwerp mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1700]]

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