Austrian Netherlands 1753(l) escalin
This specimen was lot 1302 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Maria Theresia (1740-1780), AR schelling, 1753, Brugge. Vz/ Leeuw n.l., met zwaard en Bourgondisch wapen. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een stokkenkruis. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver escalin of 1753, Bruges mint. 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: unknown.
Specification: 5 g, 0.562 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 4,99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, V.K. 109; Haeck 855.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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