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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 489961, member: 6370"]To be honest, I am not sure. I know that today the Royal Belgian Mint operates in Brussels minting all the coin for that country as well as other issues. I also know the mint was in operation before 1790 and after. </p><p> </p><p>I do beleive I read that The mintage of this particular coin was rather low. Not quite sure the number though.</p><p> </p><p>Here is a bit more info regarding the engraver from the book <i><b>Biographical Dictionary of medalists, coin, gem, and seal engravers:</b></i></p><p> </p><p>VAN BERCKEL, THEODORE VICTOR. Vide Vol. I, N. E., p. 164.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/cache/berckel.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>M. Alphonse de Witte has published in the Gazette numismatique, 1904-9 a series ot articles on this Engraver, and given a list of his works. He states that Edm. de Busscher's notice of T. V. van Berckel in Biographic nationals is full of errors.</p><p>The following notes are culled from M. de Witte's monograph, which is most exhaustive.</p><p> </p><p>Theodore Victor Van Berckel was born at Bois-le-Duc on 21. April 1739; both his grandfather, Theodore Gaspard, and his father, Theodore Everard, had followed the profession of silversmiths and engravers. In his youth, Theodore also learned the art of engraving on metal, and in view of bettering himself he went to work under J. C. Marme, Mint-engraver at Cleves. On the conclusion of his stay there, he married, and settled in business at Rotterdam, where he engraved a number of medals and some jetons. </p><p> </p><p>In 1776 he went to Brussels to take part in the competition for the post of Engraver at the Mint there, which since the decease of Jacques Roettiers in 1772 had not been refilled. The competitors were, besides van Berckel, Simon Joseph Cattoir, a Line-engraver, Adrian van Baerle, Mini-engraver at Dordrecht, Francois Joseph Bis, of Douay, and Conrad Joseph Nethe, a native of Konigsberg in Prussia. Van Berckel was appointed Engraver-general of the coins of the Austrian Netherlands on 29. September 1776, and he entered in office in the following November.</p><p> </p><p>Jean Baptiste Harrewyn, Mint-engraver at Brussels, died on 22. December 1783, and his successor, Christian Haller, not being appointed until 7. April 1787, it is probable that van Berckel filled the post in the meantime and thus enjoyed the special fees (droit du marc) which he had claimed in vain before and which were the special privilege of the " graveur particulier ". On the outbreak of the Revolution in Brabant, van Berckel accepted to remain in the service of the United Belgian Provinces, but in the course of the first French Invasion (6. November 1792 to 18. March 1793) he refused to serve the Republic, and on the definite occupation of the country by the French, the Engraver-general and most of the officials of the Mint left Brussels. While his wife and children returned to Breda, in Holland, their native home, he went to Linz (Upper Austria), and later, in 1797, to Prague ; then, with the government's permit, he finally settled down at Anholt in Westphalia.</p><p> </p><p>By decree of 22. June 1798, Van Berckel was appointed, on the recommendation of J. N. Wirth, Chief-engraver at the Vienna Mint. Partial loss of his eyesight caused him to obtain a leave in 1803, when he returned to Bois-le-Duc. Three years later he went back to the Austrian capital, but only for a few months. He died on 19. September 1808 at Bois-le-Duc, in his seventieth year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>M. de Witte gives the following list of van Berckel's productions : —</p><p>COINS. Maria Theresia. Double Liard of Brussels, 1777-1779; — Liard of Brussels, 1776-78, 1780. — Joseph II. AT. Double sou-</p><p>L. Forrer. — Biographical Nolica a) Mtdallisli, — VI IJ</p><p>Loading...Loading...verain, 1781; — Souverain (no specimen yet found); — JR. Cou- ronne, 1789, and other dates;— Demi-Couronne, 1789, and other dates; — Plaquette (or XIV Liards) of Brussels, 1788 ; — Ten Liards, 1788; — JE. Double Liard, and Liard, 1781; — XII Sols for Luxemburg, 1786 ; — VI Sols for Luxemburg, 1786 ; — I Sol, for Luxemburg, 1786; — II Liards for Luxemburg, 1789; —Demi Liard for Luxemburg, 1783. — Revolution in Brabant. AT Lion d'or of Brussels, 1790;— J&. Lion d'argent, 1790;—Florins d'argent, 1790 (2 types); — Demi-Florins d'argent, 1790 (2 types); — JE. Double Liard, and Liard, of Brussels, 1790. — Leopold II. JR. Plaquette (XIV Sols) of Brussels, 1791; — Billon, 10 Liards: — JE. Double Liard, 1791 ; — Liard, 1792. — Francis II. Af. Double Souverain, of Brussels, 1793 ; — JR. Courpnne, 1794; — Plaquette (XIV Sols) 1793 (2 types); — Billon. loSols, 1792 ; —JE. Double Liard, 1790; — Liard, 1792.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 489961, member: 6370"]To be honest, I am not sure. I know that today the Royal Belgian Mint operates in Brussels minting all the coin for that country as well as other issues. I also know the mint was in operation before 1790 and after. I do beleive I read that The mintage of this particular coin was rather low. Not quite sure the number though. Here is a bit more info regarding the engraver from the book [I][B]Biographical Dictionary of medalists, coin, gem, and seal engravers:[/B][/I] VAN BERCKEL, THEODORE VICTOR. Vide Vol. I, N. E., p. 164. [IMG]http://www.cachecoins.org/cache/berckel.jpeg[/IMG] M. Alphonse de Witte has published in the Gazette numismatique, 1904-9 a series ot articles on this Engraver, and given a list of his works. He states that Edm. de Busscher's notice of T. V. van Berckel in Biographic nationals is full of errors. The following notes are culled from M. de Witte's monograph, which is most exhaustive. Theodore Victor Van Berckel was born at Bois-le-Duc on 21. April 1739; both his grandfather, Theodore Gaspard, and his father, Theodore Everard, had followed the profession of silversmiths and engravers. In his youth, Theodore also learned the art of engraving on metal, and in view of bettering himself he went to work under J. C. Marme, Mint-engraver at Cleves. On the conclusion of his stay there, he married, and settled in business at Rotterdam, where he engraved a number of medals and some jetons. In 1776 he went to Brussels to take part in the competition for the post of Engraver at the Mint there, which since the decease of Jacques Roettiers in 1772 had not been refilled. The competitors were, besides van Berckel, Simon Joseph Cattoir, a Line-engraver, Adrian van Baerle, Mini-engraver at Dordrecht, Francois Joseph Bis, of Douay, and Conrad Joseph Nethe, a native of Konigsberg in Prussia. Van Berckel was appointed Engraver-general of the coins of the Austrian Netherlands on 29. September 1776, and he entered in office in the following November. Jean Baptiste Harrewyn, Mint-engraver at Brussels, died on 22. December 1783, and his successor, Christian Haller, not being appointed until 7. April 1787, it is probable that van Berckel filled the post in the meantime and thus enjoyed the special fees (droit du marc) which he had claimed in vain before and which were the special privilege of the " graveur particulier ". On the outbreak of the Revolution in Brabant, van Berckel accepted to remain in the service of the United Belgian Provinces, but in the course of the first French Invasion (6. November 1792 to 18. March 1793) he refused to serve the Republic, and on the definite occupation of the country by the French, the Engraver-general and most of the officials of the Mint left Brussels. While his wife and children returned to Breda, in Holland, their native home, he went to Linz (Upper Austria), and later, in 1797, to Prague ; then, with the government's permit, he finally settled down at Anholt in Westphalia. By decree of 22. June 1798, Van Berckel was appointed, on the recommendation of J. N. Wirth, Chief-engraver at the Vienna Mint. Partial loss of his eyesight caused him to obtain a leave in 1803, when he returned to Bois-le-Duc. Three years later he went back to the Austrian capital, but only for a few months. He died on 19. September 1808 at Bois-le-Duc, in his seventieth year. M. de Witte gives the following list of van Berckel's productions : — COINS. Maria Theresia. Double Liard of Brussels, 1777-1779; — Liard of Brussels, 1776-78, 1780. — Joseph II. AT. Double sou- L. Forrer. — Biographical Nolica a) Mtdallisli, — VI IJ Loading...Loading...verain, 1781; — Souverain (no specimen yet found); — JR. Cou- ronne, 1789, and other dates;— Demi-Couronne, 1789, and other dates; — Plaquette (or XIV Liards) of Brussels, 1788 ; — Ten Liards, 1788; — JE. Double Liard, and Liard, 1781; — XII Sols for Luxemburg, 1786 ; — VI Sols for Luxemburg, 1786 ; — I Sol, for Luxemburg, 1786; — II Liards for Luxemburg, 1789; —Demi Liard for Luxemburg, 1783. — Revolution in Brabant. AT Lion d'or of Brussels, 1790;— J&. Lion d'argent, 1790;—Florins d'argent, 1790 (2 types); — Demi-Florins d'argent, 1790 (2 types); — JE. Double Liard, and Liard, of Brussels, 1790. — Leopold II. JR. Plaquette (XIV Sols) of Brussels, 1791; — Billon, 10 Liards: — JE. Double Liard, 1791 ; — Liard, 1792. — Francis II. Af. Double Souverain, of Brussels, 1793 ; — JR. Courpnne, 1794; — Plaquette (XIV Sols) 1793 (2 types); — Billon. loSols, 1792 ; —JE. Double Liard, 1790; — Liard, 1792.[/QUOTE]
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