Lippe-Detmold 1765-BS 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 5306 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 August, 1734-1782. 1/6 Taler 1765, Detmold. Münzmeister Johann Conrad Bandel. Stempelschneider Daniel Stürmer. Feine Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (county of Lippe, Simon Augustus, 1734-82, one-sixth thaler of 1765, Detmold mint. Fine patina, minor planchet flaws, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1765-70 and, like all coinage from this tiny state before unification in 1871, is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 5.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 185, Slg. Weweler 693; Ihl/Schwede 501 A/a.
- 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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