Luxembourg 1854 10 centimes
This specimen was lot 74101 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "LUXEMBOURG. 10 Centimes, 1854. William III. NGC MS-63 Brown. A handsome example with elegant dark brown surfaces." Luxembourg was long part of the Burgundian Netherlands, the Spanish Netherlands, the Austrian Netherlands and finally Napoleonic France. Only sporadically had coins been struck specifically for the duchy. At the Congress of Vienna, Luxembourg was attached to the kingdom of the Netherlands but was inside the German Confederation. As such, the king of the Netherlands struck coins for his new domain. This type was struck in Utrecht 1854 and 1870 and at Paris 1855, 1860 and 1865. Five and 2½ centime pieces were also made. Matching the module of a French ten centimes of Napoleon III, it likely also circulated in France and Belgium. In 1830, most of the duchy joined the new state of Belgium but a sliver remained part of the Netherlands and was under Dutch rule until the death of William III in 1890.
Recorded mintage: 500,000.
Specification: 10 g, bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-23.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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