Brabant 1601(h) 2 albertins d'or Fr-86

Heritage sale 3019, lot 25608

Brabant in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas

This specimen was lot 25608 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $2,070. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Brabant. Albert & Elizabeth gold 2 Albertins d'Or 1601 Antwerp, AU55 NGC, Hand mintmark, a choice coin with well-struck details and full mint luster, very close to mint state." This type is recorded for 1601-09 as part of a coinage reform (see Brabant (1600-11) 2 ducats Fr-84 for more details). Of the three mints that struck this type, Antwerp is the most common.

Recorded mintage: 15,000 for Antwerp, Maastricht and Brussels.

Specification: 6.77 g, .917 fine gold, .399 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 10.1, Fr-86.

Source:

• 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

• Tournai 1600 albertin d'or Fr-390
• 1600 albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
• 1600 albertin d'or, Maastricht mint
• Brabant (1600-11) 2 ducats Fr-84
• Tournai 1603 2 albertins d'or Fr-389
• Brabant 1644(a) 2 souverain d'or Fr-106
• Coins and currency dated 1601
• return to coins of Netherlands, Spanish