Watch List notes:

LOW COUNTRIES, Zuidelijke Nederlanden (Southern Netherlands). Albrecht van Oostenrijk & Isabella van Spanje. 1598-1621. AV 'Dubbele gulden – Double florin' (39mm, 29.86 g, 12h). Antwerpen (Antwerp) in Brabant mint. Dated 1602. Confronted draped busts of Albrecht, armored, and Isabella, diademed, each wearing elaborate ruff / Crowned coat-of-arms within collar. Cf. Vanhoudt 380 (for type in silver; earlier date); cf. Delmonte, Or 150 (dated 1600 or 1601); KM –; Friedberg –. Near EF, chased, filed, removed from jewelry. Very rare strike in gold.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 6, Sotheby's, 17 May 1984), lot 526 (purchased from J. Schulman, 27 February 1919).