Rare issue of Burgundian Duke Philip the Fair 1499, Flanders, to weigh Netherlands Philipsgulden bronze coin weight. Â Saint with cross.
18.6mm
3.20g
Note some adjustment file marks visible
The Philipsguilden was a Netherlands coin made between 1496 and 1520 weighing 3.5 g
The reverse has the number 74 in Roman numbers (LXXIIII). Â This is the number of coins in a Paris Mark = 74/244.7529 so has about 3 grams so 3.30 grams of gold in a 3.5 gram coin. Â Therefore the seigneurage take is about 6%
