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[[Image:Flanders JElsen 133-0908.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 133, lot 908]]
 
[[Image:Flanders JElsen 133-0908.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 133, lot 908]]
  
This specimen was lot 908 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €150 (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Keizer Karel (1506-1555), Cu korte, 1549, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond hoofd r. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig.'' (county of Flanders, emperor Charles V, 1506-55, copper korte of 1549, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned head; reverse: lion rampant to left. Very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> We aren't sure what the face value of this coin was but as its weight matches that of this [[Artois 1591 maille|maille]] from Artois, we'll presume it was one-third of a liard.
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This specimen was lot 908 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €150 (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Keizer Karel (1506-1555), Cu korte, 1549, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond hoofd r. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig.'' (county of Flanders, emperor Charles V, 1506-55, copper korte of 1549, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned head; reverse: lion rampant to left. Very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Numista notes this type for 1543-55 and undated and states the total mintage was 5,964,297. A similar coin was struck in Antwerp, where it was called a double mite instead of a korte. We aren't sure what the face value of this coin was but as its weight matches that of this [[Artois 1591 maille|maille]] from Artois, we'll presume it was one-third of a liard.
  
 
''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.
  
''Specification:'' copper, this specimen 1,76 g.
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''Specification:'' 1.91 g, copper, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 1,76 g.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 198-5b.
 
''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 198-5b.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* 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 133,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 133,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
  
 
''Link to:''
 
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* [[Flanders (1521-56) 1/4 groat|(1521-56) ''kwart groot'']]
 
* [[Flanders (1521-56) 1/4 groat|(1521-56) ''kwart groot'']]
* [[Flanders 1544 korte]]
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* [[Flanders 1545 korte]] = 2 mite
 
* [[Brabant (1549-52) silver florin]]
 
* [[Brabant (1549-52) silver florin]]
 
* [[Brabant (1571-78)(h) courte|Brabant (1571-78) courte, Antwerp mint]]
 
* [[Brabant (1571-78)(h) courte|Brabant (1571-78) courte, Antwerp mint]]

Latest revision as of 22:37, 26 November 2025

Jean Elsen sale 133, lot 908

This specimen was lot 908 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €150 (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Keizer Karel (1506-1555), Cu korte, 1549, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond hoofd r. Kz/ Klimmende leeuw l. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, emperor Charles V, 1506-55, copper korte of 1549, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned head; reverse: lion rampant to left. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

Numista notes this type for 1543-55 and undated and states the total mintage was 5,964,297. A similar coin was struck in Antwerp, where it was called a double mite instead of a korte. We aren't sure what the face value of this coin was but as its weight matches that of this maille from Artois, we'll presume it was one-third of a liard.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.91 g, copper, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 1,76 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 198-5b.

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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 133, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.

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