Austrian Netherlands 1753(l) 1/4 ducaton

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 994

This specimen was lot 994 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,691 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Maria Theresia (1740-1780), AR kwart dukaton, 1753, Brugge. Vz/ Bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een bourgondisch kruis. Zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver quarter ducaton of 1753, Bruges mint. Obverse: bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Scarce, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck in 1749-54 at Antwerp (hand mintmark) and Bruges (lion mintmark, shown here) 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.

Reported Mintage: 18,000.

Specification: 8.31 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen 8,30 g.

Catalog reference: KM 6, V.K. 78; Delm-382; VH 817.

Source:

  • 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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