Austrian Netherlands 1753(h) 1/2 ducaton

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Jean Elsen sale 153, lot 1229

This specimen was lot 1229 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €120 (about US$152 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR demi-ducaton, 1753, Anvers. Grandes lettres. D/ B. dr. et diad. à d. R/ Ecu couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne. Nettoyé. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver half ducaton of 1753, Antwerp mint, large letters. Obverse: draped and diademed bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Cleaned, Very Fine.)"

This type was struck in 1749-54 at Antwerp (hand mintmark, shown here) and Bruges (lion mintmark) during the reign of Maria Theresia. The ducaton denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and marks a resumption of coinage for the Austrian Netherlands, which had lapsed about 1706. It was replaced by the kronenthaler 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: 78,000.

Specification: 16.62 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen is 16,26 g.

Catalog reference: W. 1118; Delm-379; V.H. 815, KM 7.

Source:

  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.

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