Austrian Netherlands 1750(l) 2 liards
This specimen was lot 697 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), Cu double liard, 1750, Bruges. D/ B. à d., avec collier de perles. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, copper double liard of 1750, Bruges mint. obverse: bust right with pearl necklace; reverse: inscription under a crown. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck in 1749-54 during the reign of Maria Theresia and was worth 1/240 of a ducaton. The ducaton denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was replaced by the kronenthaler in 1755. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.
Reported Mintage: 2,473,000 for 1749-52.
Specification: 7.5 g, copper, 27 mm diameter; this specimen 7,20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 3, VH 824.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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