Austrian Netherlands 1751(h) 5 sols
This specimen was lot 476 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €60 (about US$83 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 5 sols (20 liards), 1751, Anvers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne. R/ Ecu couronné, entre un rameau et une palme. Petit éclat sur la tranche. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver 5 sols or twenty liards of 1751, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms between laurel and palm branch. small edge nick, very fine.)"
The lapse of the Spanish Hapsburgs on the death of Charles II in 1700 led to the War of the Spanish Succession, with many battles fought in Belgium. Austria was awarded Belgium by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1714 and held it until it was occupied by French revolutionaries in 1797. The area was so devastated by the war that no coinage was provided for it until the reform of 1749, when all new coins were introduced. This five sols (= 20 liards) was minted at Antwerp (shown here) and Bruges 1750-54.
Recorded mintage: 1,176,000 for 1750-51.
Specification: billon, this specimen 4,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, W. 1125; V.K. 113.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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