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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
''Specification:'' gold, this specimen 3,12 g.
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''Specification:'' 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,12 g.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Chestret 573; Delm. 347; Dengis 1011, Fr-313.   
 
''Catalog reference:'' Chestret 573; Delm. 347; Dengis 1011, Fr-313.   
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* Delmonte, A., ''Le Bénélux D'or,'' Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.  
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* [[Liege (1594) 6 sols]]
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* [[Liege 1611 teston]]
* [[Liege 1612 2 testons of 30 patards]]
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* [[Liege 1611 2 teston KM-18.2|1611 ''double teston de 30 patards'', cap interrupts legend]]
* [[Liege 1613 ecu d'or Fr-316]]
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* [[Liege 1612 teston KM-17|1612 teston, Ernest of Bavaria]]
* [[Liege (1614) florin d'or Fr-322]]
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* [[Liege 1612 teston KM-44|1612 teston, Ferdinand of Bavaria]]
* [[Liege 1617 florin d'or Fr-313]]
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* [[Liege 1612 2 testons of 30 patards|1612 ''double teston de 30 patards'']]
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* [[Liege 1612 florin d'or Fr-313]] Ferdinand of Bavaria
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* [[Liege 1613 2 testons|1613 double teston, Bouillon mint]]
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* [[Liege 1613 4 testons Dav-4290|1613 quadruple teston, Bouillon mint]]
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* [[Liege 1613 florin d'or Fr-313|1613 florin d'or, Bouillon mint]]
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* [[Liege 1613 2 couronne d'or Fr-314|1613 ''double couronne d'or'', Bouillon mint]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1612]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1612]]
 
* return to coins of [[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|Liege]]
 
* return to coins of [[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|Liege]]
  
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[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 140]][[Category:Coinage of the Dutch provinces]][[Category:Gold ducats of Europe]]

Revision as of 12:29, 21 September 2023

Jean Elsen sale 140, lot 515

This specimen was lot 515 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,332 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AV florin d'or, 1612, Bouillon. D/ B. du prince-évêque à g. R/ Ecu couronné de Bouillon sur une crosse et une épée en sautoir, entre trois fleurons. Rare Petit éclat du flan sur la tranche. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liege, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, gold florin of 1612, Bouillon mint. Obverse: the prince-bishop left; reverse: crowned arms of Bouillon over a crozier and a sword, between three florets. Rare, rim crack, Very Fine.)"

The bishopric of Liege was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. This type is listed for 1612-17.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,12 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 573; Delm. 347; Dengis 1011, Fr-313.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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