Lippe-Detmold 1847-A 2-1/2 groschen
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This specimen was lot 906 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "LIPPE-DETMOLD: Paul Alexander Leopold II, as independent Prince, 1820-1851, BI 2½ silber groschen, 1847-A, lightly toned, one-year type, PCGS graded MS64." Lippe-Detmold's army allegedly comprised the count, one colonel and one private. This type was struck at Berlin 1847 only but is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: 363,264.
Specifications: 3.24 g, 0.375 fine silver, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-255, J-13.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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