Krause lists these coins under "Austrian Netherlands". There was no difference in legend between the coins minted in Brabant and Flanders during the Austrian occupation. There is only the difference in mintmark, as stated above (Flanders: Bruges - lion; Brabant: Antwerp - hand and Brussels - angel head)
During the Spanish occupation the legend of the Flanders coins ended on C. FL. (Comes Flandriae), while the coins of Brabant ended on DUX (BURG.) BRAB. During the Spanish occupation there were also mints of Brabant which are lying nowadays in the Netherlands, like 's Hertogenbosch and Maastricht.
The mints of Flanders were in Bruges (first lily, changed later to lion, when the Ghent mint closed) and Ghent (lion).
Until the end of the Spanish occupation the mints and the coinage were organised following the old feudal counties and duchies. The Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, which ended the Spanish succesion wars, gave Spain and its colonies to Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, while the Spanish territories in Europe (including the Southern Netherlands) were given to the Austrian archduke and Holy Roman emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. From 1713 the Austrians organised the coinage centrally, with only 3 mints in operation: Bruges (Flanders) and Antwerp and Brussels (Brabant). So from 1713 you can't really talk about Flemish or Brabantian coinage: it was Austrian Netherlands coinage. The mint of Bruges closed in 1754 and the mint of Antwerp in 1758. Since then only the mint of Brussels stayed in operation.
There is a gap in the way Krause catalogues the coins of the Austrian Netherlands, as the coins of Charles VI are not listed. Krause starts with Maria Theresia.
The title of this thread shouldn't be Brabant - 1 Escalin, nor Flanders - 1 Escalin, but Austrian Netherlands - 1 Escalin.
Edited by bart
04/24/2011 3:09 pm
Posted 04/23/2011 2:22 pm
