Hungary 1792-B 1/2 souverain d'or Fr-455
This specimen was lot 1478 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,049 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Léopold II (1790-1792), AV souverain, 1792 B, Kremnitz. Type brabançon. D/ T. laurée à d. R/ Écu ovale couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Très rare. Griffe au revers. (duchy of Brabant, Leopold II, 1790-92, gold souverain of 1792, Brabant style, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: laureate head right; reverse: crowned oval arms over a Burgundian cross, order chain around. Very rare, scratch on reverse, Very Fine.)"
This type is filed under the Austrian Netherlands, an area which is now Belgium and Luxembourg. Similar coins are known from Vienna, Günzburg, Venice, Brussels, Milan and Hall. The type was struck 1792-98 and previous souverains d'or date back to the reign of Maria Theresa.
Recorded mintage: 22,000.
Specification: 5.53 g, 0.919 fine gold, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 5,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM 55, Jaeckel 97 (1/2 souverain); Her. 23; Fr-455 (1/2 souverain).
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- 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 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- 1792 liard
- 1792 10 liards
- Austrian Netherlands 1792 14 liards KM-39
- 1792-A quarter kronenthaler, Vienna mint, Francis II
- 1792 ducat, Leopold II
- 1792 ducat, Francis II
- 1793-B quarter kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint
- 1793-B kronenthaler, Kremnitz mint
- 1793-F demi-souverain d'or, Hall mint
- 1793-V half souverain d'or, Venice mint
- 1793-V souverain d'or, Venice mint
- 1793-A souverain d'or, Vienna mint
- Coins and currency dated 1792