Austrian Netherlands 1750(l)R souverain d'or Fr-235

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Künker sale 264, lot 3459

This specimen was lot 3459 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,292 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. 2 Souverain d'or 1750, Brügge. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Austrian Netherlands, Maria Theresia, gold double souverain of 1750, Bruges mint. Scarce, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The SCWC catalogs this as a souverain d'or, as is clear by the weight. The "(l)" in the page title refers to the lion mintmark on the reverse, signifying Bruges; a hand was used for Bruges (Fr-130). On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned Archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold; this specimen is 11.02 g.

Catalog reference: Eypeltauer 407; Delm-569 (R2); Fr-235 (listed under Belgium), KM 11.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015

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