Austrian Netherlands 1788(a) 2 liards
This specimen was lot 1221 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €85 (about US$108 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Joseph II (1780-1790), Cu double liard, 1788, Bruxelles. D/ B. l. et dr. à d. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Superbe à Fleur de Coin. (duchy of Brabant, Joseph II, 1780-90, copper double liard of 1788, Brussels mint. Obverse: laureate and draped bust right; reverse: inscription under a crown. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck at Brussels 1782-82 and 1787-89 and is common. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. The SCWC states that there were 216 liards in a kronenthaler. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.
Recorded mintage: 728,852.
Specification: 7.5 g, copper, 27 mm diameter, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel; this specimen is 7,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 31, W. 1154; VH 856.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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