Luxembourg 1790-H 6 sols
This specimen was lot 1045 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €180 (about US$263 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LUXEMBOURG, Duché, Léopold II (1790-1792), AR 6 sols, 1790H, Günzburg. D/ Ecu luxembourgeois couronné. R/ Valeur et date. Fines traces d'ajustage. Superbe. (duchy of Luxembourg, Leopold II, 1790-92, silver six sols of 1790, Günzburg mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Luxembourg; reverse: value and date. Minor adjustment marks, 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. Günzburg was in the Austrian Burgau, now part of Bavaria. The mint there was very active in the decades before the French Revolution.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon; this specimen 3,16 g.
Catalog reference: KM 17, Weiller 249; Probst L259-1; V.H. 880.
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- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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