Belgium 1790 10 sols KM-47
This specimen was lot 1135 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,271 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, États-Belgiques-Unis (1790), AR 10 sols, 1790, Bruxelles. Deuxième type. D/ Lion deb. à d. R/ Deux mains serrées sortant des nuées, ten. un faisceau de onze flèches. (duchy of Brabant, united provinces of Belgium, silver ten sols of 1790, Brussels mint, second type. Obverse: lion rampant right; reverse: two clasped hands coming from clouds, holding a bundle of eleven arrows. Uncirculated.)"
This type was struck in 1790 during a brief insurrection against Austrian rule. Another type (KM 46) was also issued in 1790 with a different reverse legend. The insurrection was crushed and a few years later, Belgium was occupied and annexed by revolutionary France. Belgium would not obtain its independence until 1830.
Recorded mintage: 8,162 (23,311 per Numista).
Specification: 4.7 g, 0.873 fine silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 4,90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47, W. 1160; VH 872.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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