Austrian Netherlands 1767(a) escalin
This specimen was lot 1116 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €200 (about US$250 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR escalin, 1767, Bruxelles. D/ Lion deb. à g., brandissant une épée et ten. l'écu de Bourgogne. R/ Ecu couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. presque Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver escalin of 1767, Brussels mint. Obverse: lion rampant left, brandishing a sword and bearing the arms of Burgundy; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. about Extremely Fine.)"
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.
Recorded mintage: 933,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.582 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, engraved by Jacques Roëttiers, this specimen is 4,95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, W. 1143; V.K. 105.
- 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 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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