Austrian Netherlands 1754(h) 10 liards
This specimen was lot 1401 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €150 (about US$229 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 10 liards, 1754, Anvers. Droit: Croix de Bourgogne. Revers: Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne couronné, entre une palme et un rameau Très Rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia (1740-80), silver ten liards of 1754, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms of Burgundy-Austria between a palm branch and an olive branch. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck in 1750-54 at Antwerp (shown here) and Bruges during the reign of Maria Theresia. This denomination was replaced by the 14 liards in 1755 altho ten liards were struck again 1788-92. 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: 34,000.
Specification: 0.562 fine silver; this specimen is 2,31 g.
Catalog reference: W-1126; V.K., 125, KM 12.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- 1753 10 liards, Antwerp mint
- 1753 20 liards, Antwerp mint = 5 sols
- 1753 escalin, Antwerp mint
- 1753 double escalin, Antwerp mint
- 1754 ducaton, Antwerp mint
- Austrian Netherlands 1753(h) 1/2 souverain d'or Fr-135
- 1754 20 liards, Antwerp mint = 5 sols
- 1754 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1754 ducaton, Bruges mint
- 1754 demi-souverain d'or, Antwerp mint
- Coins and currency dated 1754
- return to coins of Austria, Austria-Netherlands