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Liard of John Theodore of Bavaria, 1744

Details

Period
Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
Material
Copper
Condition
Illegible
Denomination
Liard
Currency
Brabant-Liège florin, 1545-1795
Worth
1/80 Brabant-Liège florin
Year
1744
Issuer
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Ruler
John Theodore of Bavaria
Diameter
21 mm
Weight
2.3 g
Location
Bergom (Herselt)

What could it buy?

In Antwerp in 1780 a labourer usually earned 8 to 10 stuivers a day, or 32 to 40 liards. A publication from that year said a family needed 12 stuivers a day.

For this period in general, not for this coin in particular.

The story

Liard from 1744, issued in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège under John Theodore of Bavaria. So worn that the inscriptions are illegible.

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