Liege Liard Aidant 1643 Ferdinand of Bavaria perron KM 35 Dengis 1065 copper VF

Prince Bishopric of Liege, liard or aidant, 1643, Liege mint, Ferdinand of Bavaria, copper. One liard counts as one eightieth of the Brabant-Liege florin.

Obverse: the arms of Bavaria-Palatinate under a ducal cap. Legend FERDINAND. D. G. EP. LEOD, for Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Episcopus Leodiensis, Ferdinand by the grace of God bishop of Liege.

Reverse: the initials F and B, divided by the perron and flanked by rosettes, within a beaded circle, the ducal cap above. Legend DVX. BVL. MAR. FRANCH. CO. LO. HO, for Duke of Bouillon, Marquess of Franchimont, Count of Looz and of Horn.

References: KM# 35, de Chestret 622, Dengis Liege 1065, Pannekeet LUI.60.

The perron is the column that is the symbol of the city of Liege. Ferdinand of Bavaria was born on 7 October 1577 in Munich as a son of Duke William V of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. He was a nephew and coadjutor of Ernest of Bavaria and took office as prince bishop of Liege on 16 March 1612. He was never ordained priest.

On 12 July 1622 he founded a Mont-de-Piété, or Mount of Mercy, in Liege as an alternative to the high interest asked by moneylenders. In the same year he again confirmed the privileges of the moneyers of the county of Looz.

On 16 August 1641 the striking of 40,000 livres of new liards was approved. The old liards had to be handed in at the mint and exchanged for new ones. The new pieces are recognisable by the shield of Bavaria-Palatinate with the shield of Bouillon, placed on a crossed crozier and sword. The liards are known with the dates 1641, 1642 and 1643 and also without a date. For the large production moneyers from Hasselt could moreover be brought in.

In the last phase of his reign the building of a citadel was begun on the heights of Sainte-Walburge above Liege. Ferdinand died on 13 September 1650 at Arnsberg in Westphalia and was buried in Cologne Cathedral.

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