View source for Tournai 1605 2 albertins d'or Fr-389

[[Image:Sp Neth H3035-31791o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3035, lot 31791]]
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This specimen was lot 31791 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $2,115. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Tournai. Albert & Elizabeth gold 2 Albertins 1605 MS61 NGC. A shimmering example, well-struck and with defined features on both sides. Handsome, darkened patina and original mint bloom fully complete this excellent mint-state selection." This type is listed for Tournai for 1600-10. A double ''albertin d'or'' was four-thirds of a ducat. It was replaced after 1622 by the ''souverain d'or.'' Albert and Isabella were regents for Philip III in the Netherlands.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 5.15 g, .895 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 6, Fr-389 (listed under Belgium).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Delmonte, A., ''Le Bénélux D'or,'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
* 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.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Tournai 1604 2 albertins d'or Fr-389|1604 ''double albertin d'or'']]
* [[Brabant 1604(h) 2 albertins d'or Fr-86|Brabant 1604 ''double albertin d'or'', Antwerp mint]]
* [[Brabant 1605 3 real|1605 triple real, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Tournai (1612-13) 1/2 souverain d'or Fr-393]]
* [[Tournai 1631 couronne d'or Fr-398|Tournai 1631 ''couronne d'or'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1605]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]]

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