{"product_id":"1554-gold-cdor-ngc-ms-62","title":"1554 Gold CD'OR NGC MS 61","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":29311,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":16777215},\"5\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"6\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"7\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"8\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"9\":0,\"12\":0,\"15\":\"Calibri, sans-serif\",\"16\":11,\"17\":1}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Belgium Gold CD'OR. Tied for Finest Known!\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe 1554 Couronne d'Or was struck in the Spanish Netherlands under Habsburg rule (Duchy of Brabant, Antwerp mint) during the reign of Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, r.1506–1555). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eobverse \u003c\/strong\u003ebears the crowned Austrian-Burgundian arms flanked by two firesteels (the heraldic \"Burgundian Cross\") with a sun above the crown. The Latin legend \"CAROLVS D G RO IMP HISP REX DVX BVRG Z B\" (Charles, by the Grace of God Emperor of the Romans, King of Spain, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant) circles the arms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ereverse \u003c\/strong\u003eshows a short cross with fleur-de-lys ends; in the angles alternate towers and the double-headed imperial eagles. The reverse legend reads \"DA MIHI VIRTVTE CONTRA HOSTES TVOS\" (\"Grant me strength against your enemies\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003c!--[endif]--\u003eKnown as Couronne au soleil (French \"crown with sun\") or zonnekroon in Dutch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003eThe date (\"54\" for 1554) and mintmark (hand of Antwerp) appear at the end of the reverse legend \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003eStruck in high-purity gold (c.929‰ fineness) with a weight of approximately 3.38 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003eModern references catalog this coin as Friedberg 60, Delmonte 102\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\"\u003eThis coin is part of a series of Couronne d'Or types (basically large gold \"gulden\" or half-ducat coins) struck in Brabant during the 1540s–1560s. Collectors prize this coin for its striking heraldry (sunburst, crowned arms) and rarity, with dated examples from 1541-51 using four-digit dates, while the 1554 is inscribed simply as \"54\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":29311,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":16777215},\"5\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"6\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"7\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"8\":{\"1\":[{\"1\":2,\"2\":0,\"5\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":0}},{\"1\":0,\"2\":0,\"3\":3},{\"1\":1,\"2\":0,\"4\":1}]},\"9\":0,\"12\":0,\"15\":\"Calibri, sans-serif\",\"16\":11,\"17\":1}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Belgium Gold CD'OR. 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