Austrian Netherlands

Union of Austrian Territories (1714-1790, 1790-1795)

Location: Low Countries

Capital City: Brussels

Government type: Governorate of the Archduchy of Austria

Main languages: Flemish, Walloon, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Picard, French, German

Main religions: Catholic Christianity

Chronology

1714: Treaty of Rastatt transfers the Spanish Netherlands to Austria

1745-1748: Occupied by France

1790: Independent as the United Belgian States between January and December

1792-1793: Occupied by France

1794: Occupied by France

1795: Annexed by France

Currency

Florin (1744-1798)

4 Liards = 1 Sol • 7 Sols = 1 Escalin • 20 Sols = 1 Florin • 63 Sols = 1 Kronenthaler • 70 Sols = 1 Ducaton

Coins from the Austrian Netherlands in the collection

•1 Liard, 1750 (Archduchess Maria Theresa (1740-1780), copper, Bruges mint, KM#2)

•2 Liard, 1778 (Archduchess Maria Theresa (1740-1780), copper, Brussels mint, KM#29)

•1 Escalin, 1753 (Archduchess Maria Theresa (1740-1780), silver, Bruges mint, KM#15)

•1/4 Kronenthaler, 1788 (Archduke Joseph II (1780-1790), silver (.873), Kremnica mint, KM#38)