Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) escalin

Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 684

This specimen was lot 684 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$22,107 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR escalin, 1749, Anvers. Premier type. Tranche laurée. D/ Lion deb. à g., ten. une épée et l'écu ovale d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Ecu échancré et couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Extrêmement rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver escalin of 1749, Antwerp mint, first type, laureate edge. Obverse: lion rampant left, brandishing a sword and supporting the arms of Burgundy; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Extremley rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck in 1749-50 during the reign of Maria Theresia. The ducaton denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was replaced by the kronenthaler in 1755. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.

Reported Mintage: 5,390.

Specification: 0.562 fine silver; this specimen 4,90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 4, W. 1122; VH 806.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

Link to:

• 1749 2 liards
• 1749 huitième de ducaton, Antwerp mint
• 1749 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint
• 1749 ducaton, Antwerp mint
• 1749 demi-souverain d'or, Antwerp mint
• 1749 souverain d'or, Antwerp mint
• 1750 liard, Bruges mint
• 1750 liard, Antwerp mint
• 1750 double liard, Bruges mint
• 1750 escalin, Antwerp mint
• 1750 escalin, Bruges mint
• 1751 double escalin, Bruges mint
• Coins and currency dated 1749