Austrian Netherlands 1792(a) 10 liards
This specimen was lot 1654 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,213 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz II. 1792-1804. 10 Liards 1792, Brüssel. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, 1792-1804, ten liards of 1792, Brussels mint. Scarce, especially in this quality. Fine patina, some hairlines, 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 1792 only and is scarce. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 61,000.
Specification: 2.45 g, 0.415 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 58, J. 130 N.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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