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[[Image:Schaumburg-Lippe K335-4356.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 4356]]

This specimen was lot 4356 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €340 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst, 1748-1777. Mariengroschen 1750, Bückeburg. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], county of [[German States, Schaumburg-Lippe|Schaumburg-Lippe]], William Frederick Ernest, 1748-77, mariengroschen of 1750. Fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This tiny coin was also issued as a 1/24 thaler (KM 13) in 1750. Coinage from this tiny state is sparse.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 1.28 g, silver, 12 mm diameter, this specimen 1.26 g.  

''Catalog reference:'' KM 12, Weinm. 38.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe 1748-T thaler Dav-2762|1748-T thaler, death of Albert Wolfgang]]
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe 1763 10 thaler Fr-3068|1763 10 thaler]]
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe 1765 thaler Dav-2764|1765 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1750]]

[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]]