Austrian Netherlands 1794(a) kronenthaler Dav-1286

Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 870

This specimen was lot 870 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, François II (1792-1797), AR couronne, 1794, Bruxelles. D/ T. laurée à d. R/ Croix de Bourgogne entre trois couronnes, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Petit coup sur la tranche. Légères traces d'ajustage. Très Beau à Superbe/Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This is the last kronenthaler struck by the Hapsburgs in and for Belgium, which was invaded, occupied and annexed by revolutionary France in 1794. Others are known from Vienna (mintmark "A"), Kremnitz (mintmark "B"), Prague (mintmark "C"), Karlsburg (mintmark "E"), Hall (mintmark "F"), Nagybanya (mintmark "G"), Günzburg (mintmark "H") and Milan (mintmark "M") but none actually made in Brussels except for this issue. Four liards = one sol, 54 sols = one kronenthaler.

Recorded mintage: 281,000.

Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver; this specimen 29,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 62.3, Dav-1286, W. 1168; Delm. 396; VH 891.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

Link to:

• 1793 14 liards
• 1793 2 liards
• 1793-A kronenthaler, Vienna mint
• 1793-B kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint
• 1793 souverain d'or, Brussels mint
• 1794-A kronenthaler, Vienna mint
• Milan 1794-M crocione Dav-1390
• Coins and currency dated 1794