Liege 1784 ducat Fr-337
This specimen was lot 881 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,850 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Siège vacant (1784), AV ducat au saint Lambert, 1784. 150 p. frappées. D/ B. mitré du saint à g. R/ Cartouche couronné aux armes de la principauté, sur un manteau d'hermine. Très rare Traces de monture. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, sede vacante, gold ducat of St. Lambert, 1784. 150 pieces struck. Obverse: mitred bust of saint to left; reverse: crowned and mantled arms of the bishopric. Very rare, mount mark, very fine.)"
The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. The type shown here was struck 1784 during the interval of the death of Francis Charles de Velbruck and the elevation of Constantin de Hoensbroek. The SCWC notes it as rare. One more issue of 1792 rounds out the denomination.
Recorded mintage: 150.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 175, Chestret 699; Dengis 1191; Delm-371, Fr-337.
- Jean-Luc Dengis, Les Monnaies de la Principauté de Liege, 3 vols. Wetteren: Moneta, 2006.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 133, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
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- 1784 patagon
- Coins and currency dated 1784
- return to coins of Liège