Austrian Netherlands 1780(a) 2 liards
This specimen was lot 957 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €170 (about US$218 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), Cu double liard, 1780, Bruxelles. D/ B. voilé à d. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Superbe à Fleur de Coin. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, copper double liard of 1780, Brussels mint. Obverse: veiled bust right; reverse: inscription under a crown. Slightly weakly struck, extremely Fine to Uncirculated.)"
The lower, Catholic part of the Netherlands was Spanish until 1714, when it passed to the Austrians, who lost it to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands. This type is listed for 1777-80 and is common. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: copper, this specimen 7,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 29, W. 1146; V.K. 245; V.H. 832.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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