Liard (coin)

The liard was a subdivision of the

kronenthaler The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in 1755 in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler, Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler) and which became a popular trade coin in early 19th century Europe. Most examples show t ...

, the

currency A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a ''system of money'' in common use within a specific envi ...

of the

Austrian Netherlands The Austrian Netherlands was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The period began with the acquisition by the Austrian Habsburg monarchy of the former Spanish Netherlands under the Treaty of Ras ...

(modern

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

). There were 216 liards to a kronenthaler. Following the French occupation of the Austrian Netherlands in 1794, the kronenthaler was replaced by the

French franc The franc (; , ; currency sign, sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amoun ...

. Today, in Walloon dialects, des liards is still a synonym of "money" in general. The liard was also a French coin, worth three deniers, which appeared under

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

and was the smallest in use in the period prior to the French Revolution. Modern obsolete currencies 1794 disestablishments in the Habsburg monarchy 1794 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire Austrian Netherlands {{Belgium-hist-stub