Schaumburg-Lippe 1858-A 3 pfennig
This specimen was lot 4359 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT. Georg Wilhelm, 1807-1860. Ku.-3 Pfennig 1858, A. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Polierte Platte. (Germany, principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, George William, 1807-60, copper three pfennig of 1858. Very scarce in this quality, proof.)"
The count was promoted to prince in 1807. The prince issued coins only sporadically but in 1858 issued a set comprising a one pfennig (KM 39), a two pfennig (KM 40), a three pfennig (KM 41, shown here), a four pfennig (KM 42), a half silber groschen (KM 43), a one silber groschen (KM 44) and a 2½ silbergroschen (KM 45).
Recorded mintage: 360,000.
Specification: copper, 26.5 mm diameter, this specimen 4.56 g.
Catalog reference: KM 41, AKS 14; J. 10.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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