Austrian Netherlands 1754(h) 20 liards
This specimen was lot 689 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$910 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 5 sols (20 liards), 1754, Anvers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne. R/ Ecu couronné, entre un rameau et une palme. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, five sols/twenty liards of 1754, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross; reverse: crowned arms between a olive branch and a palm frond. Rare, Very Fine.)"
The twenty liard denomination (or five sols) was introduced in 1750 as part of the Austrian reform of the coinage. This type was struck in 1750-54 at Antwerp and Bruges and then abandoned. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.
Reported Mintage: 47,000.
Specification: 0.562 fine silver; this specimen 4,58 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, W. 1125; VH 822.
- 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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