Austrian Netherlands 1751(l) 2 escalins

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 583

This specimen was lot 583 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €170 (about US$237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Maria Theresia (1740-1780), AR dubbele schelling, 1751, Brugge. Vz/ Leeuw n.l. met zwaard en Bourgondisch wapen. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een stokkenkruis. Krasjes. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver double schilling of 1751, Bruges mint. Obverse: lion to left, brandishing sword and supporting the arms of Burgundy; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Scratches, very fine.)"

This type was struck in 1751-53 during the reign of Maria Theresia. This denomination was accompanied by a single escalin or schelling and marks a resumption of coinage for the Austrian Netherlands, which had lapsed about 1706. It was replaced by the ten liards and 14 liards in 1755. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands.

Recorded mintage: 155,000 plus 266,000 from Antwerp.

Specification: silver, probably debased; this specimen is 9,27 g.

Catalog reference: V.K. 90; Haeck 853, KM 16.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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