Lippe-Detmold 1913-A 3 mark

Künker sale 294, lot 4297

This specimen was lot 4297 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €400 (about US$539 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, LIPPE, Leopold IV. 1904-1918. 3 Mark 1913. Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, unified silver coinage, principality of Lippe, Leopold IV, 1904-18, three mark of 1913. About extremely fine.)"

This one year type was the last issue from this state. The only other issue from the twentieth century was a two mark from 1906 (KM 270).

Recorded mintage: 15,000 plus 100 proofs.

Specification: 16.67 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 275, J. 79, Dav-476.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.

Link to:

• 1906 2 mark
• Bavaria 1914-D 3 mark
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1913-A 3 mark
• Saxony 1913 3 mark, regular issue
• Saxony 1913-E 3 mark KM-1275 battle of Leipzig
• Wurttemberg 1913-F 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1913
• return to coins of German States, Lippe-Detmold