½ Stiver "half vuurijzer" - Philip the Handsome, Regency
Features
| Issuer |
Burgundian Netherlands
(County of Flanders, Belgian States)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Philip (1482-1506)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1485-1487 |
| Value | ½ Patard (Stiver) (1) |
| Currency | Groot (864-1506) |
| Composition | Billon (.260 silver) |
| Weight | 1.8 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 313514 |
| References | Gelder Hoc# 54-5 Hendrik Enno van Gelder, Marcel René Benoît Ghislain Hoc; 1960. Les Monnaies des Pays-Bas bourguignons et espagnols 1434-1713: Répertoire général. Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hugo Vanhoudt. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Belgium (2 volumes).Jean-Claude Martiny; 2014. Het munthuis in Gent van de Karolingers tot de Calvinistische Republiek, 768-1584 / Deel 3. Filips de Goede-Filips II (1433-1584). Snoeck Editions, Gent, Belgium. |
Obverse
Rampant lion facing left, a double horizontal line below, punctuation with trefoils.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ MO · ARCHIDVCV ·AVST · BG · CO · F
Lettering (regular font): ✠ MO · ARCHIDVCV ·AVST · BG · CO · F
Unabridged legend: Moneta Archiducis Austriae (Ducis) Burgundiae Comitis Flandriae
Translation: Coinage of the Archduke of Austria & Burgundy, COunt of Flanders
Reverse
Short floriate cross with fleur-de-lis in center, punctuation by trefoils.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ BENEDIC · AIA · MEA · DOMInO
Lettering (regular font): ✠ BENEDIC · AIA · MEA · DOMINO
Unabridged legend: Benedic Anima Mea Domino
Translation: My soul praises the Lord
Mint
Ghent, BelgiumComments
A similar type was issued for Brabant (see reference below). The fleur-de-lis reverse identifies this as the Flemish issue.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1485-1487) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 1.11
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Actual billon weight: 0.015 oz
Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz
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