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Liard of John Theodore of Bavaria, 1745

Details

Period
Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
Material
Copper
Condition
Good
Denomination
Liard
Currency
Brabant-Liège florin, 1545-1795
Worth
1/80 Brabant-Liège florin
Year
1745
Issuer
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Ruler
John Theodore of Bavaria
Location
Blauberg (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 1745, issued in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège under John Theodore of Bavaria. Still clearly legible.

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