Austrian Netherlands 1789 14 liards
This specimen was lot 292 in Spink sale 304. This denomination, which doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the coinage of the Austrian Netherlands, was struck 1755-94. This type, struck in the name of emperor Joseph II, was issued 1788-89. The area, Spanish until 1714, then Austrian by the Treaty of Utrecht, fell to France in 1794-95 and was held by them until the fall of Napoleon in 1815. It was merged with the United Provinces to form the kingdom of the Netherlands but the region, being Catholic, wanted no part of the Protestant Dutch. Hence, it was split off in 1830 to form the kingdom of Belgium.
Recorded mintage: 266,000.
Specification: 2.7 g, 0.535 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, decorated edge, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel.
Catalog reference: KM 37.
- 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.
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