Holland (1499-1506) florin Fr-133
This specimen was lot 659 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €460 (about US$639 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, HOLLAND, Graafschap, Philips de Schone (1482-1506), AV Philippusgoudgulden, z.j. (1499-1506), Dordrecht. Interpunctie met lelietjes. Vz/ Staande heilige met staf en boek. Voor hem het gekroonde wapenschild Oostenrijk-Bourgondië. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis met in het hart een roos en in de hoeken twee kronen en twee lelies. Zeer Fraai. (county of Holland, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated goldgulden, Dordrecht mint, punctuated with lilies. Obverse: standing saint with staff and book supporting crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy. Reverse: floriate cross with rose at center cantoned with two lilies and two crowns. Very fine.)"
This coin is variously catalogued as a goldgulden or a florin and was nominally equal to a ducat. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.666 fine gold; this specimen is 3,29 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-133; G.H. 115-6b; v.d.Ch. 21, 1-2; Delm-756.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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