Luxembourg 1776 12 sols
This specimen was lot 1168 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €370 (about US$488 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR 12 sols, 1776, Bruxelles. D/ B. dr. et voilé de l'impératrice à d. R/ Ecu luxembourgeois couronné, accosté de la valeur. . Très rare Traces d'ajustage. Beau. (duchy of Luxembourg, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver twelve sols of 1776, Brussels mint. Obverse: veiled bust of the empress right; reverse: crowned arms of Luxembourg divides the value. Very rare, traces of adjustment marks, 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 1775-77, is rare, along with most of the Austrian issues for the duchy. All of it, except the issues of 1790, was made in Brussels. Twelve sols = two escalins and 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 57,031.
Specification: 5.50 g, 0.841 fine silver, this specimen 4,99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 9, Weiller 239; Probst L249-2; V.H. 836.
- 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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