Austrian Netherlands 1789(a) kronenthaler Dav-1284

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72134
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This specimen was lot 72134 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS. Taler, 1789. Brussels Mint. Joseph II. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. The finest in the PCGS census, this delightful piece presents steel gray surfaces with incredible brilliance and luster radiating throughout. Hints of golden toning around the devices merely augment its charm and beauty." This type was struck in 1781-90 during the reign of Joseph II, reforming son of Maria Theresia. It replaced the Maria Theresia's kronenthaler (Dav-1282) with a more conventional portrait type. This date was also struck at Vienna (mintmark "A", Dav-1170); the Vienna and Brussels issue are about equally common. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands.

Recorded mintage: 356,000, a somewhat better date

Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-1284; KM 32.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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