Flanders 1652 souverain d'or Fr-227
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This specimen was lot 26 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 575 CHF (about US$690 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Flandern, Grafschaft, Philipp IV. 1621-1665. Souverain dor 1652, Brügge. Vorzüglich. Knapper Schrötling. (county of Flanders, Philip IV, 1621-65, souverain d'or of 1652, Bruges mint. Extremely fine, Small flan.)"
This type is listed for Flanders for 1625, 1644, 1648-64. Similar lions d'or were struck in Brabant and Tournai.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.54 g, .947 fine gold, this specimen 5.49 g.
Catalog reference: Delmonte 561, Fr-227 (listed under Belgium), KM 32.
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- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
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