3 Sols - Leopold II
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Leopold II (1790-1792)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1790 |
| Value | 3 Sols (3⁄20) |
| Currency | Sol (?-1795) |
| Composition | Billon (.382 silver) |
| Weight | 2.45 g |
| Diameter | 20.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1.02 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 36105 |
| References | L# 260-1 Romain Probst; 2003. Prifix: catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 2001). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises = Luxembourgish Coins. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Hugo Vanhoudt. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Belgium (2 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Édouard Bernays, Jules Vannérus. Histoire numismatique du comté puis duché de Luxembourg et de ses fiefs (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Crowned Luxembourg escutcheon with a lion with a forked tail, rampant to the left on a field of ten pieces, surrounded by legend and an outer girdle.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LEOP•II•D•G•HV•BO•REX•DVX•LVXEMB•
Translation:
Léopold • II • Dei • Gratia • Hungaria • Bohemia • Rex • Dux • Luxemburg
Leopold II, by the grace of God, King of Hungary and Bohemia and Duke of Luxembourg.
Engraver: Jean-Baptiste Wurschbauer
Reverse
The face value and the mint year in three lines. At the bottom, the mint mark "H" represents the workshop of the Bavarian city of Günzburg.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
III
SOLS
1790
H
Engraver: Jean-Baptiste Wurschbauer
Edge
Plain
Comments
Bernays and Vannerus do not mention variants for this piece. Weiller no longer but it lists three fake years which were struck on copper. Probst on his side quotes a fake year in billon with bigger H and a weight of 2.6 grams.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1790 H | 
|
1 164 489 | $ 35 | (fr) L#260-1 H large | 96% | ||||||||||
| 1790 H | (fr) L#260-2 H mince | 15% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 65
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Bullion value: USD 2.06
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Actual billon weight: 0.030 oz
Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz
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