Luxembourg 1786 6 sols
This specimen was lot 1176 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €440 (about US$580 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Joseph II (1780-1790), AR 6 sols, 1786, Bruxelles. D/ Ecu luxembourgeois couronné. R/ Valeur et date. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Luxembourg, Joseph II, 1780-90, silver six sols of 1786, Brussels mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Luxembourg; reverse: value and date. Rare, Fine to 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 1786 and 1789, 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: 70,755.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.653 fine silver, this specimen 3,26 g.
Catalog reference: KM 12, Weiller 245; Probst L255-1; V.H. 859.
- 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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