Maastricht 1794 50 stuivers
This specimen was lot 813 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,664 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MAASTRICHT, belegerd door de Fransen, AR nooddaalder van 50 stuiver, 1794. Eenzijdig. Vz/ Ster tussen jaartal en waarde. Uiterst zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (city of Maastricht, besieged by the French, daalder of 50 stuivers of 1794. Obverse: date, star and denomination; reverse: plain. very rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
Maastricht is a city on the Meuse or Maas river and is today Dutch. In 1794, the city was Dutch as well, tho upstream of the major part of the United Provinces. We have filed this under the Austrian Netherlands as the Dutch do not seem to have taken part in the siege in question, where the revolutionary French army attacked Austrian forces holding the fortress. After the fall of Maastricht and Luxembourg, the area was annexed to France and remained a part thereof until Napoleon's fall in 1814.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 16,51 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-757; Mailliet 301, 12; KM-6.
- Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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