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Revision as of 10:11, 21 September 2023
This specimen was lot 511 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €110 (about US$147 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Ernest de Bavière (1581-1612), Cu brûlé de 6 sols, s.d. (1594), Liège. D/ Perron entre les écus de Looz et Liège-Bouillon. R/ Cartouche aux armes écartelées de Bavière-Palatinat, posé sur une crosse et une épée. Rare Fines griffes. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liege, Ernest of Bavaria, 1581-1612, undated copper six sols, Liege mint. A mounted cross divides the arms of Loos and Bouillon; reverse: a cartouche with the quartered arms of Bavaria and Pfalz over a cross and a sword. Rare, some scratches, Very Fine.)"
The bishopric of Liege was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,96 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 561; Dengis 968.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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- 1590 brûlé de 8 sols (tiers de liard)
- (15)90 demi-ernestus = 1/2 ernestus = 3 patards
- (1594) brûlé de 12 sols copper piedfort
- Liege 1594 patard
- Coins and currency dated 1594
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