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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2590673, member: 10461&quot;]<b><font face="Georgia">Belgium (Brabant): gold florin (Carolus d’or) of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, ca. 1521-1545</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/7cC1mo3uTQuI176R77w5_Brabant-florin-1500s-045242-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse: </b>KAROLVS.D.G.ROM.IMP.E.HISPAN.REX, crowned half-bust, sword in right hand, globus cruciger in left.</font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia">Reverse: </font></b><font face="Georgia">DA.M[ICHI].VIRTVT[EM].CONTRA.HOSTES.TVOS, arms of Austria and Castile-León with double-headed eagle above.</font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia">Translation of reverse legend:</font></b> <i><font face="Georgia">“Give me strength against thine enemies”.</font></i></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Delmonte-101, gold, 23 mm.&nbsp; Ex-Numiscorner (Comptoir des Monnaies, France), through VCoins store, 11/18/2016.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">This is a handsome piece of Renaissance-era hammered gold.&nbsp; Though in moderate circulated grade, it exhibits attractive, contrasting toning and an interesting design.&nbsp; It was struck at Antwerp (Anvers) in the duchy of Brabant (now part of modern-day Belgium), under the authority of Charles V of the Habsburg dynasty.&nbsp; Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and thereby ruler of a huge portion of Europe as well as the Spanish Empire and its overseas colonies in the Americas and Asia.&nbsp; His domains were the first to be described as &quot;<i>an empire on which the sun never sets</i>&quot;, a phrase which was later used to describe the British empire in the 19th century.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/239/product/belgium_brabant_charles_v_florin_karolus_anvers_delmonte_101/736524/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/239/product/belgium_brabant_charles_v_florin_karolus_anvers_delmonte_101/736524/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Original seller page</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor</font></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">Holy Roman Empire</font></a></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin" rel="nofollow">Florin</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" rel="nofollow">Duchy of Brabant</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #141414"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp#16th_century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp#16th_century" rel="nofollow">Antwerp</a> (in the 16th century)</span></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #141414"><span style="color: #141414"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger" rel="nofollow">Globus cruciger</a></span></span></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n" rel="nofollow">Flag of Castile and León</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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