Flanders 1651 ducaton Dav-4457

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Jean Elsen sale 127, lot 1071

This specimen was lot 1071 in Jean Elsen sale 127 (Brussels, December 2015), where it sold for €230 (about US$295 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips IV (1621-1665), AR dukaton, 1651, Brugge. 2e type. Vz/ Geharnarst bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild gehouden door twee leeuwen. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Deels zwak geslagen. Mooie patina. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver ducaton of 1651, Bruges mint, second type. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions, jewel of the Golden Fleece below. Slightly double struck, nice patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type of 1636-65 is priced about the same as the ducatons of Brabant (Dav-4454).

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.48 g, .944 fine silver, this specimen 32,65 g.

Catalog reference: KM 50, Dav-4457, G.H. 327-6b; Delm-286.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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 127, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.

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