Tournai 1631 couronne d'or Fr-398
This specimen was lot 1193 in Áureo y Calicó sale 346 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,025 (about US$1,353 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1631. Felipe IV. Tournai. 1 corona. Bella. Parte de brillo original. Ex Colección Isabel de Trastámara 25/05/2017, nº 1234. Escasa. EBC-. (county of Tournai, Philip IV, gold crown of 1631. Handsome, some luster, scarce, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1622, 1629-33, 1636, 1640-49. Altho not listed as rare, there are surprisingly few auction records for it and this is the first one we've added to the Wiki.
Recorded mintage: 11,000.
Specification: 3.41 g, 0.882 fine gold, this specimen 3,39 g.
Catalog reference: KM 43, Delm-449, Fr-398, Vti. 1419, Vanhoudt 639.TO, Van Gelder & Hoc 326-9.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 346: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Colección Javier Verdejo Sitges, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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