Austrian Netherlands 1752(l) escalin
This specimen was lot 1298 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €130 (about US$150 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Maria Theresia (1740-1780), AR schelling, 1752, Brugge. Vz/ Leeuw n.l., met zwaard en Bourgondisch wapen. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een stokkenkruis. (county of Flanders, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver schilling of 1752, Bruges mint. Obverse: lion rampant left, with sword and Burgundian arms; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck in 1751-54 and 1763-68 at Antwerp, Bruges and later Brussels during the reign of Maria Theresia. The escalin denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was struck until the collapse of the ancien regime. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.
Recorded mintage: allegedly 2,016 (probably 2,016,000) for 1750-52.
Specification: 5 g, 0.562 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen is 4,88 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, Haeck 855; VH 821.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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