Austrian Netherlands 1794(a) liard
This specimen was lot 1194 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €40 (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), Cu liard, 1794, Bruxelles. D/ B. l. et dr. à d. R/ Inscription en quatre lignes. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Francis II, 1792-97, copper liard of 1794, Brussels mint. obverse: laureate and draped bust right; reverse: inscription in four lines. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This is the final date of a type struck 1792-94. The angel face on the reverse is the Brussels mintmark. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler. In 1794, French Revolutionary armies invaded and occupied the Austrian Netherlands, which were annexed to France in 1795. Belgium would not appear as an independent state until 1830.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.75 g, copper, 22 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by Théodore Van Berckel; this specimen 3,98 g.
Catalog reference: KM 56, W. 1172; VH 888.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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