Luxembourg 1775 3 sols
This specimen was lot 1171 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,449 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
" LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 3 sols, 1775, Bruxelles. D/ Ecu luxembourgeois couronné. R/ Valeur et date. Rare Avec la légende MAR TH au droit. Très Beau. (duchy of Luxembourg, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver three sols of 1775, Brussels mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Luxembourg; reverse: value and date. Rare with the legend "MAR TH" on the obverse, 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 1775 only, is rare, along with most of the Austrian issues for the duchy. All of it, except the issues of 1790, was made in Brussels. Six sols = one escalin and 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 220,909.
Specification: billon, this specimen 2,36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 7, Weiller 241; Probst L251-1; V.H. 838.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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