Liard of Maria Theresa, 1776-1780

For this period in general, not for this coin in particular.

In Antwerp in 1780 labourers usually earned 8 to 10 stuivers a day, while a publication from that year said a family needed 12 stuivers a day. A stuiver is four liards (a liard is one eightieth of a florin of 20 stuivers), so an ordinary day's pay was 32 to 40 liards. A liard was therefore roughly one 32nd to one 40th of a day's pay. Indicative: one city and one year, from a secondary source.

Confidence: low

Sources:

• Denise de Weerdt, Loon- en levensvoorwaarden van de fabrieksarbeiders 1789-1850 · Antwerpen, S.M. Ontwikkeling; online transcription. Quotes an Antwerp publication of 1780.