Austrian Netherlands 1757(h) kronenthaler Dav-1282

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Jean Elsen sale 121, lot 830
Brabant 1757 thaler rev JElsen 121-830.jpg

This specimen was lot 830 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €140 (about US$224 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR couronne, 1757, Anvers. Droit: Croix de Bourgogne entre quatre couronnes. Revers: Ecu couronné de l'impératrice sur une aigle impériale. 29,49 g. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia (1740-80), islver crown thaler of 1757, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross between four crowns; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck in 1755-65 during the reign of Maria Theresia (Dav-1282, shown here) and Francis I (Dav-1283). It replaced the ducaton in 1755 but retained many stylistic features. 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: 403,000 (Dav-1282 and -1283).

Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver; this specimen is 29.56 g.

Catalog reference: W., 1129; Delm-387; V.K., 142, Dav-1282, KM 21.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.

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