Escalin 1852 - Uniface - Prince-bishopric of Liege Replica

The sede vacante period following the death of Bishop Corneille-Richard Antoine van Bommel in 1852 placed temporary authority over Liège with the cathedral chapter — an administrative condition that historically licensed ecclesiastical bodies to strike coins in their own name. This piece is a later replica of that issue, not a contemporary strike, which accounts for the uniface format: a deliberate shortcut that sacrifices the reverse entirely rather than attempt a faithful reproduction of both dies.