Austrian Netherlands 1792 14 liards KM-39
This specimen was lot 866 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €80 (about US$103 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Léopold II (1790-1792), AR plaquette (14 liards), 1792, Bruxelles. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, accostée de la valeur. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Leopold II, 1790-92, silver plaquette of 14 liards, Brussels mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown divides the value; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This denomination, which doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the coinage of the Austrian Netherlands, was struck 1755-94. This type was struck for Leopold II in 1790-92. It is not rare. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler. Some 14 liards (KM 59) were struck in 1792 for Francis II.
Recorded mintage: 272,000 plus 52,000 of KM 59.
Specification: 0.583 fine silver; this specimen 2,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 39, W. 1163; VH 876.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- 1791 liard
- 1791 14 liards
- 1791-H half kronenthaler
- 1791-H kronenthaler
- 1792 liard
- 1792 10 liards
- 1792-F 20 kreuzer, Hall mint, Leopold II
- 1792-H half kronenthaler, Günzburg mint
- 1792-B half souverain d'or, Kremnitz mint
- 1793 14 liards, Francis II
- 1793 2 liards
- 1793-A kronenthaler, Vienna mint
- 1793(b) souverain d'or
- Coins and currency dated 1792