Flanders 1600 1/8 gulden
This specimen was lot 1888 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €140 (about US$200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Albrecht en Isabella (1598-1621), AR stoter (1/8 zilveren gulden), 1600, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond wapenschild, omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis met in de hoeken twee leeuwen en twee kronen. Zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver one-eighth gulden of 1600, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: floriate cross cantonned with two lions and two crowns. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This rare type is listed in the SCWC for 1601. It was part of a shortlived currency reform.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.42 g, 0.417 fine silver, this specimen 3,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1, G.H. 290-6; V.H. 590.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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