Luxembourg 1759 2 liards
This specimen was lot 1166 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €160 (about US$211 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), Cu double liard, 1759, Bruxelles. D/ Ecu couronné, dans un cartouche orné. R/ Monogramme couronné. Très Beau. (duchy of Luxembourg, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, copper double liard of 1759, Brussels mint. Obverse: crowned shield in an ornate cartouche; reverse: crowned monogram. Very Fine.)"
Altho Luxembourg had been part of the Catholic Low Countries for centuries, it was given a separate coinage from Brabant and Flanders when the Austrians took it over from the Spanish in 1714. This type, struck 1759-60, is scarce to rare, along with most of the Austrian issues for the duchy. All of it, except the issues of 1790, was made in Brussels. Four liards = one sol and 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 283,000.
Specification: copper, this specimen 6,94 g.
Catalog reference: KM 4, Weiller 237; Probst L247-1; V.H. 841.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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