Austrian Netherlands 1793(a) 2 liards
This specimen was lot 1210 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €135 (about US$180 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), Cu double liard, 1793, Bruxelles. D/ B. l. et dr. à d. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Superbe à Fleur de Coin. (duchy of Brabant, Francis II (1792-97), copper double liard of 1793, Brussels mint. Obverse: draped and laureate bust to right; reverse: inscription below a crown. 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 1792-94 and is common. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: copper, this specimen 7,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 57, W. 1171.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
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