Flanders 1572 1/5 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 536

This specimen was lot 536 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR vijfde Philipsdaalder, 1572, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver fifth daalder of 1572, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. very fine to extremely fine.)"

Flanders is now in the heart of Belgium. This coin was part of an early attempt to issue decimal coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 6,81 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 212-7a; Haeck 660.

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 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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