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1 Liard / Oord - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Austrian Netherlands |
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| Year | 1744-1745 |
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| Weight | 3.75 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a four-line Latin inscription in bold, evenly spaced capital letters across the field: AD / USUM / BELGII / AUSTR., followed by the date 1744 on a fifth line, and the mint mark of the issuing mint below. The text denotes the coin's purpose for use in the Austrian Netherlands. The entire design is surrounded by a prominent raised bead border. |
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The Austrian Netherlands liard issues of 1744–45 were struck at a moment of acute political instability — French forces under Marshal Saxe were systematically overrunning the southern provinces during the War of the Austrian Succession, and Tournai fell in June 1745. Coinage continued partly as an assertion of Habsburg administrative continuity in territories that were actively being lost. Several mints in the region ceased operations within months of these strikes.