Austrian Netherlands 1763(a) escalin

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44042

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44042 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. Escalin, 1763. Maria Theresa & Franz I. PCGS MS-64+ Gold Shield. A brightly lustrous and quite attractive Escalin, with a freshly minted look and virtually no toning." This type was struck 1751-54 and 1763-68 at Antwerp, Bruges and Brussels. The Brussels mintmark is an angel face, visible at the bottom of the obverse. This is a common date; a double escalin (KM 16) exists but was not struck after 1754.

Recorded mintage: 781,000.

Specification: 0.562 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-15.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Links to:

• 1750 escalin, Bruges mint
• Liege 1763 escalin sede vacante
• 1763 half kronenthaler, Brussels mint, Francis I
• 1763 kronenthaler, Brussels mint
• 1763 souverain d'or, Brussels mint
• 1764 escalin, Brussels mint
• Coins and currency dated 1763