Tema: Las Monedas de España en Flandes

DUCATON de Felipe IV de 1655 (Ceca de AMBERES - Ducado de Brabante - 30g - 42mm)

Spanish NetherlandsDoor: Marc Nollet
Email: marc.nollet@chello.be
Website: www.marcnollet.com

The history of the coins strucked
under the reign of
ALBRECHT and ISABELLA
(1598 - 1621)

Albrecht, part of a painting by
P.P. Rubens (Museo del Prado)


Isabella, part of a painting by
P.P. Rubens and H. Van Balen
(Museo del Prado)

In the 16th century, large parts of today's Belgium were under the control of the King of Spain, Phillip II. On May 6th, 1598, the King gave his daughter Isabella the sovereignty of different parts of the South-Netherlands, including the County of Flanders (East and West-Flanders - 2 provinces of today's kingdom of Belgium - and a part of the North of France) and Brabant. Isabella was engaged to Albrecht, the Archduke of Austria, who was predestinated to become an archbishop in Spain.
On September 13th, 1598 Phillip III succeeded Phillip II as King of Spain and he confirmed this convention. Albrecht and Isabella got married on April 14th, 1599. In September of that year they left Spain and entered the different provinces of the South-Netherlands. The people, hoping that with these new rulers at least the wars would end, gave them a hearty welcome. These inaugurations can still be seen on different paintings of P.P. Rubens.
From the first day of their reign, Albrecht and Isabella tried to give the South-Netherlands a stable monetary system. But this was very difficult due to the always-changing prices of gold and silver. They were obliged to follow these fluctuations by strucking new coins or by changing the weight and/or the composition of earlier strucked coins. So we can divide the coins strucked during their reign in two periods: the first from 1599 till 1612, the second period from 1612 till 1621.
The coins used in the County of Flanders were all strucked in Bruges and have a lily as mintmark. The coins for Brabant (the provinces Antwerp and Brabant of today's Belgium and some parts of today's Netherlands) were strucked: in Brussels, with a B or a the head of Saint-Michael as mint mark; in Antwerp with a hand as mintmark; in Bois-Le-Duc (now 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands) with a tree as mintmark; in Maastricht with a star as mintmark. There were also coins strucked in Tournai, a city in the Southwest of Belgium, with a tower as mintmark, and in Luxembourg with a lion as mintmark.
The first new silver coin, strucked in 1599, to replace the coins of the reign of Phillip II, was based on a new unity: the guilder. A double guilder, a guilder, a half guilder, a quarter guilder, a "stoter" (1/8 guilder) and a "braspenning" (1/16 guilder) were all strucked in silver. New gold coins appeared at the end of 1599: they were called ducat. A double ducat and a ducat were strucked. Both coins have on the obverse the profile of Albrecht and Isabella, looking at each other, and on the reverse is their crowned shield encircled with the Golden Fleece.
Four years later, due to the changing prices of the precious metals, a new silver coin was strucked. The new unity was a real: a triple real, a real, a half real and a quarter real replaced the guilders. The head of the triple real also wears the profile of the Archdukes, but this time both looking at left. Copper coins with the names of Albrecht and Isabella appeared for the first time in 1608: a "duit" and a "oord" (in Dutch) were strucked. The French names are a "gigot" and a "liard".
But this monetary system was internationally not accepted. So the Archdukes changed their politic radically in 1612: the beginning of the second period. It was based on a sovereign for the gold coins and on a patagon, also called a silver sovereign, for the silver coins. A double sovereign, a sovereign, 2/3 of a sovereign, a half sovereign, a patagon, a half patagon, a quarter patagon were the new coins in circulation in Brabant and the County of Flanders. Together with a new silver coin, a dukaton, for the first time strucked in 1618, this system formed the basis for the monetary system till the middle of the 18th century.
These coins of the second period are artistically the most beautiful coins of the history of Flanders. On the obverse of the golden double sovereign both the Archdukes are sitting on their throne, and on the patagon their bust is depicted looking at right. As the coins were used in the whole European circulation of payment, they became rare in the inland.<<

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AMBERES ALBERTO E ISABEL





Tipo de moneda: GIGOT Metal: COBRECeca: AMBERES Año: 1608 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida: Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET D G rodeando escudo de armasReverso: ARCHIDAVST DVCES BVRG ET B rodeando cruz coronadaVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: REAL Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 2,92 gm Medida: Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET D G rodeando escudo de armasReverso: ARCHIDVCES AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando cruz coronada


Tipo de moneda: ESCALIN Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida: 36 mmAnverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando pavo realReverso:AR CHID AVS DVCES BVRG ET BR Z rodeando escudo sobre cruz coronada


Tipo de moneda: 1/4 DE PATAGON Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 7,03 gm Medida: 34 mmAnverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando cruz coronadaReverso: ARCHIDVC AVS DVCES BVRG ET BRA Z rodeando escudo de armas


Tipo de moneda: TRIPLE REAL Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1608 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 9,15 gm Medida: Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando monarcasReverso:ARC HID AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRABAN Z escudo sobre cruz coronada


Tipo de moneda: FLORIN Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1600 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 13,23 gm Medida: Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando monarcasReverso: ARCHIDVCES AVST DVCES BVRG BRAB Z rodeando escudo de armas


Tipo de moneda: DOBLE FLORIN Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1602 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida: Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA + rodeando monarcasReverso: ARCHIDVCES AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando escudo de armas


Tipo de moneda: PATAGON Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1616 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 27,14 gm Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando cruz coronadaReverso: ARCHID AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando escudo de armasVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: DUCATON Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1619 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 32,23 gm Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA 16*19 rodeando monarcasReverso: ARCHID AVST DVC ES BVRG BRAB Z rodeando leones con escudo de armasVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: DOBLE DUCATON Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1619 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA 16*19 rodeando monarcasReverso: ARCHID AVST DVC ES BVRG BRAB Z rodeando leones con escudo de armas
Tipo de moneda: ALBERTIN Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: 1600 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET D G rodeando escudo de armasReverso: ARCHIDVCES AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando cruz coronada


Tipo de moneda: DOBLE ALBERTIN Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: 1601 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando escudo de armasReverso: ARCHIDVCES AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando cruz coronadaVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: DOBLE DUCADO Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 6,87 gm Medida:Anverso: ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA rodeando monarcasReverso: ARCHI AVST DVC BVRG ET BRAB Z rodeando escudo de armasVer mas imagenes
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Marcas de CECA de Flandes


AMBERES. MANO ABIERTA, DUCADO DE BRABANTE, EN LEYENDA BR, BRA, BRAB, ETC.
BOIS LE DUC. ARBOLDUCADO DE BRABANTE, EN LEYENDA BR, BRA, BRAB, ETC
BRUSELAS. LETRA BDUCADO DE BRABANTE, EN LEYENDA BR, BRA, BRAB, ETC
BRUSELAS. ROSTRODUCADO DE BRABANTE, EN LEYENDA BR, BRA, BRAB, ETC
MAESTRICHT. ESTRELLA DE 5 PUNTASDUCADO DE BRABANTE, EN LEYENDA BR, BRA, BRAB, ETC
NIMEGA, CRUZ. DUCADO DE GUELDRES, EN LEYENDA GEL, GELR, GELIE, ETC. TAMBIEN DE ESTE DUCADO ES LA CECA DE ARNHEM CON MARCA DE ESCUDO Y LEYENDA HACIENDO ALUSION A LA CIUDAD
RUREMONDE, ESCUDODUCADO DE GUELDRES, EN LEYENDA RURE, RM,RMVN, ETC
LUXEMBURGO, ESCUDO CON LEONDUCADO DE LUXEMBURGO, EN LEYENDA LVX, LVXEN, LUC, ETC
BRUJAS, FLOR DE LISCONDADO DE FLANDES, EN LEYENDA FL, FLA, FLAND, ETC, TAMBIEN DE ESTE CONDADO ES LA CECA DE GANTE, EN LEYENDA GAND
ARRAS, RATACONDADO DE ARTOIS, EN LEYENDA ART, ATR, ATREB, ETC
DORDRECHT, FLORCONDADO DE HOLANDA, EN LEYENDA HO, HOL, ETCCASTILLOMONS, CASTILLOCONDADO DE HAINAUT, EN LEYENDA HA, HAN, ETC
MIDDELBOURG, CASTILLOCONDADO DE ZELANDA, EN LEYENDA ZE, ZEL, CLD, ETC
NAMUR , CORONACONDADO DE NAMUR, EN LEYENDA NAM, NAMVR, ETC
TOURNAI, CASTILLOSEÑORIO DE TOURNAI, EN LEYENDA TOR, TORN, TORNA, ETC
LEEUWARDEN, ESCUDOSEÑORIO DE FRISIA, EN LEYENDA FRI, FRISI, WEST FRIES (REYES CATOLICOS), ETC
UTRECHT, ESCUDOSEÑORIO DE UTRECHT, EN LEYENDA TR, TRA TRAI, TRAEC, ETC

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Las acuñaciones de Carlos I en Amberes

Tipo de moneda: CORTA Metal: COBRECeca: AMBERES Año: 1547 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 1,96 gm Medida: 20 mm?Anverso: CA D.G.V IMPE.HISP REX 1547 rodeando al monarcaReverso: SIN LEYENDA rodeando el leonVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: PATARD Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: MON ARG ARCHIDVE AVSTRIE DVQV BR B rodeando escudo de armasReverso: SIT NO ME DO MI BE NEDTV rodeando cruz


Tipo de moneda: 2 PATARD Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1512 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 3,08 gm Medida:Anverso: MON ARG ARCHIDVC AVSTR E DVQV BR B rodeando escudo de armasReverso: OMNIS SPIRITVS ITVDET DOMINV ARE 1512 rodeando cruzVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: 4 PATARD Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: 1536 Ensayador: S/EPeso: 5,40 gm Medida:Anverso: KAROLVS D G RO IM:Z:HISP:REX + rodeando escudo con aguilaReverso: DA:MICHI:VIRTV:CONTR:HOST VOS rodeando escudo de armasVer mas imagenes

Tipo de moneda: REAL Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 3,03 gm Medida:Anverso: KAROLVS D G ROM IM:Z:HISP:REX + rodeando escudo con aguilaReverso: DA MICHI VIRTV COTRA HO STES TVO rodeando escudo
Tipo de moneda: FLORIN CARLOS Metal: PLATACeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: KAROLVS D G ROM IMP HISP REX + rodeando al monarcaReverso: DA MICHI VIRTVT CON HOS(TE)S TVOS rodeando escudo


Tipo de moneda: FLORIN Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 3,30 gm Medida:Anverso: S PHE INTERCD PRO NOBIS+ rodeando a San FelipeReverso: RO AV ARCHIDV AVSTRIE DVCV BVRG B rodeando cruz


Tipo de moneda: MEDIO REAL DE ORO Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 3,48 gm Medida:Anverso: KARO D:G:RO IMP:Z:HI SP:REX + rodeando escudo con aguilaReverso: DA:MICHI:VIRTVTE:CONTRA:HOSTES: TVOS rodeando escudo


Tipo de moneda: REAL DE ORO Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: S/F Ensayador: S/EPeso: 5,34 gm Medida:Anverso: KAROLVS:G:ROM:IMP:Z:HISPA:REX rodeando al monarcaReverso: DA:MICHI:VIRTVT:CONTR:HOSTES:TVOS + rodeando escudo


Tipo de moneda: CORONA DEL SOL Metal: OROCeca: AMBERES Año: 1743 Ensayador: S/EPeso: Medida:Anverso: CARO D:G:RO:IMP:HISP:REX:LVX:BVRG:Z:BRA + rodeando escudo Reverso: DA:MIHI:VIRTVTE:CONTRA:HOSTES:TVOS 1543 rodeando cruzVer mas imagenes

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