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[[Image:Brabant JE136-0955.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 136, lot 955]]

This specimen was lot 955 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €80 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"'' BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), Cu double liard, 1749, Anvers. D/ B. diad. à d., avec collier de perles. R/ Inscription dans une couronne. Minuscules défauts de flan. Superbe.'' (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, copper double liard of 1749. Obverse: diademed bust to right with pearl necklace; reverse: inscription below crown. Minor flan defects, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This double liard was struck 1749-53. The "(h)" in the page title refers to the hand mintmark on the reverse, signifying Antwerp; a lion was used for Bruges. On the death of Charles VI in 1740, the redoubtable Maria Theresia was crowned Archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary but, being a woman, could not be given the imperial crown. Therefore, after much debate and a war fomented by Frederick the Great of Prussia, her husband Francis of Lorraine was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1745.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,473,000.

''Specification:'' 7.5 g, copper, 27 mm diameter; this specimen is 7,23 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 3, W. 1133; V.K. 223. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018. 

''Link to:''
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) liard|1749 liard, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) escalin|1749 escalin, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) 1/8 ducaton|1749 ''huitième de ducaton'', Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) 1/2 ducaton|1749 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) ducaton Dav-1280|1749 ducaton, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h)R 1/2 souverain d'or Fr-132|1749 demi-souverain d'or]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1749(h)R souverain d'or Fr-130|1749 souverain d'or, Antwerp mint]]
* [[Austrian Netherlands 1750(l) 2 liards|1750 double liard, Bruges mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1749]]
* return to coins of [[Austria, Austria-Netherlands]]

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