Lippe-Detmold 1724 1/2 pfennig
This specimen was lot 5304 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$595 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1789 FÜRSTENTUM, Simon Heinrich Adolf, 1718-1734. Ku.-1/2 Pfennig 1724, Detmold. Münzmeister Münzdirektor Both. In dieser Erhaltung äußerst selten. Vorzüglich. (county of Lippe, Simon Henry Adolf, 1718-34, copper half penny of 1724, Detmold mint. Very rare in this condition, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1724 only and, like all coinage from this tiny state before unification in 1871, is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 0.40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 167, Weing. 857; Slg. Weweler 666; Ihl/Schwede 476.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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