Austrian Netherlands 1781(a) 2 liards
This specimen was lot 1195 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €220 (about US$293 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Joseph II (1780-1790), Cu double liard, 1781, Bruxelles. D/ B. l. et dr. à d. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Superbe à Fleur de Coin. Provient de la collection J. Marneffe. (duchy of Brabant, Joseph II (1780-90), copper double liard of 1781, Brussels mint. Obverse: draped and laureate bust to right; reverse: inscription below a crown. 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 1781-89 and is common. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 898,342.
Specification: 7.5 g, copper, 27 mm diameter, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel, this specimen 7,51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 31, W. 1154.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
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