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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 3.31 g, .919 fine gold, the first specimen 3,35 g, the second specimen 3,33 g. | + | ''Specification:'' 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, the first specimen 3,35 g, the second specimen 3,33 g. |
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 186-1; Delm | + | ''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 186-1; Delm-102; W. 664, Fr-62. |
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* [[Brabant 1551(h) 4 patards|1551 4 patards, Antwerp mint]] | * [[Brabant 1551(h) 4 patards|1551 4 patards, Antwerp mint]] | ||
* [[Brabant 1553(s) couronne d'or Fr-63|1553 ''couronne d'or'', Maastricht mint]] | * [[Brabant 1553(s) couronne d'or Fr-63|1553 ''couronne d'or'', Maastricht mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Brabant 1555(h) couronne d'or Fr-62|1555 ''couronne d'or au soleil'', Antwerp mint]] | ||
* [[Brabant (1560-76) couronne d'or Fr-70|(1560-76) ''couronne d'or'', Antwerp mint]] | * [[Brabant (1560-76) couronne d'or Fr-70|(1560-76) ''couronne d'or'', Antwerp mint]] | ||
* [[Flanders (1570-74) couronne d'or Fr-214|(1570-74) ''couronne d'or'', Bruges mint]] | * [[Flanders (1570-74) couronne d'or Fr-214|(1570-74) ''couronne d'or'', Bruges mint]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1554]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1554]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]] | * return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 140]][[Category:Coinage of the Dutch provinces]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 143]] | [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 140]][[Category:Coinage of the Dutch provinces]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 143]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:54, 11 December 2024
The first specimen was lot 448 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €760 (about US$1,012 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AV écu d'or au soleil, 1554, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, accosté de deux briquets. R/ Croix fleurdelisée, cantonnée de deux aigles et de deux tours. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, gold écu of the sunburst of 1554, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy between two briquets; reverse: floriate cross, cantonned with two eagles and two towers. Very Fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 925 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it sold for €420 (about US$548 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AV écu d'or au soleil, 1554, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, accosté de deux briquets. R/ Croix fleurdelisée, cantonnée de deux aigles et de deux tours. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, gold écu of 1554, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy divides two jewels; reverse: floriate cross, cantonned with two eagles and two towers. Very Fine)"
The couronne d'or was issued from Antwerp and Maastricht in Brabant 1542-55, as well as Flanders, Holland, Gelderland and elsewhere. Couronnes d'or were struck again in the Spanish Netherlands about 1615-42 but by then the northern provinces had seceded.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, the first specimen 3,35 g, the second specimen 3,33 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 186-1; Delm-102; W. 664, Fr-62.
- 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.
- 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.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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