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2 Sovereigns - Charles VI
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1724-1729 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL • VI• D • G • ROM • IMP • HISP • ET IND • REX • |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCHID • AUST • DUX BURG • BRABANT • Zc. 17 26 |
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Charles VI ruled the Habsburg Netherlands as Holy Roman Emperor, and the Brabant mint operated under his authority following the definitive transfer of the Spanish Netherlands to Austrian control under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The two-sovereign denomination was not a new invention — it carried forward a Brabantine tradition reaching back to the sixteenth century — but its revival under Charles reflected deliberate policy to assert continuity with the duchy's pre-Bourbon coinage heritage.
The striking window of 1724–1729 is narrow, and production across those years was not uniform. Delmonte's cataloguing of this type distinguishes die variations within the Vanhoudt 798 grouping that affect collector premiums considerably.