Luxembourg 1783 1/2 liard
This specimen was lot 4882 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €60 (about US$83 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Joseph II., 1765-1790. Ku.-1/2 Liard 1783, Brüssel, für Luxemburg. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, copper half liard of 1783, Brussels mint, for Luxembourg. Extremely 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. Six sols = one escalin and 54 sols = one kronenthaler.
Recorded mintage: 1,362,346.
Specification: 1.76 g, copper, 17 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 1,66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 10, J. 47.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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