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[[Image:JE160-1267o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 1267]]
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This specimen was lot 1267 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €120 (about US$152 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Philippe II (1555-1598), Cu liard, 1584. D/ B. couronné à g. R/ Ecu couronné. Flan irrégulier. Très Beau.'' ([[Netherlands, Spanish|lordship of Tournai]], Philip II, 1555-98, copper liard of 1584. Obverse: crowned bust left; reverse: crowned arms. Irregular planchet, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1582-91 and undated. Eighty liards made a florin.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 5.44 g, copper, 25 mm diameter, this specimen is 4,69 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 232-14; Hoc 325; VH 321. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Artois 1582 liard]]
* [[Tournai 1582 liard|(15)82 liard]]
* [[Hainaut 1584 liard]]
* [[Tournai 1584 1/10 ecu|1584 ''dixième d'écu Philippe'']]
* [[Hainaut 1584 1/5 ecu|Hainaut (15)84 ''cinquième d'écu Philippe'']]
* [[Tournai 1584 1/5 ecu|(15)84 ''cinquième d'écu Philippe'']]
* [[Tournai 1589 liard|(15)89 liard]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1584]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 160]][[Category: Coinage of the Dutch provinces]]