Flanders - 1790

Celebration of the Return of Liberty
Obverse - Austria - Jeton - 1790 Reverse - Austria - Jeton - 1790
Obverse - Wreath with legend.
Legend, JVGO AVSTRIAGO EXCVSSO RELIGIONIS ET PATRIAE LIBERTATE VENDICATA SOLI DEO HONOR 1789
  "The Austrian Yoke thrown off, Liberties of Religion and Fatherland Restored, only to the honour of God, 1789"
Reverse - within a wreath
Legend, EX DECRETO COMITIORVM FLANDRIAE 1790
  "By a decree of the county of Flanders, 1790"
 
I purchased this token off the internet at auction. The seller had no idea what it was but tentatively identified it as Austrian. I believe from some additional information I found that it was actually struck by the Belgian revolutionaries of the period. The information that follows is copied from the Belgian coin dealer Jean Elgin s. a. website that had the same token for sale and described it as:
 
Cu. jeton, 1790. Flandre. Célébration du retour à la liberté. D/ JVGO/ AVSTRIACO/ EXCVSSO/ RELIGIONIS ET/ PATRIAE/ LIBERTATE/ VENDICATA/ SOLI DEO/ HONOR/ I789 dans une couronne de laurier. R/ EX/ DECRETO/ COMITIORVM/ FLANDRIAE/ I790 dans une couronne de laurier. De Coster, 903.
 
Many thanks to A. Ganse of Korea for his translation and the information that this was struck by Flanders, one of the shortlived United States of Belgium.
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