Brabant 1601(h) florin
This specimen was lot 1102 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €650 (about US$822 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR florin d'argent, 1601 (sur 1600), Anvers. D/ B. affrontés des archiducs. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Très rare. Petits défauts de flan. presque Très Beau. Seulement 3.093 exemplaires frappés du 10 mars 1601 au 13 avril 1602. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver florin of 1601, Antwerp mint, 1601/0 overdate. Obverse: facing busts of the archdukes; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very rare, small planchet defects, about Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1600-01 at Antwerp (shown here), Brussels and Maastricht. The overdate is not mentioned in the SCWC. It was part of the coinage reform of Albert and Isabella which attempted to revive the devastated Spanish Netherlands.
Recorded mintage: 3,093.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13,58 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7.1, G.H. 287-1; Delm. 235; W. 901; V.H. 586.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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