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[[Image:Lippe K293-968.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 968]] | [[Image:Lippe K293-968.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 968]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 968 in Künker sale 293 ( | + | This specimen was lot 968 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$26,956 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, Simon Heinrich, 1666-1697. Doppelter Reichstaler 1685, Detmold. SIMON HENR · GRAF VND EDLER · H · ZVR LIPP Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//NEC TEMERE · NEC TIMIDE Ovales, vierfeldiges Wappen von zwei Löwen gehalten, oben Krone, zu den Seiten die geteilte Signatur I - H (Johann Hoffmann, Münzmeister in Detmold 1671-1695), unten Lorbeerzweige und die Jahreszahl 16 - 85. Von größter Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], county of Lippe, Simon Henry, 1666-97, double thaler of 1685, Detmold mint. Obverse: draped bust right; reverse: crowned, quartered arms supported by two lions, palm fronds and date below. Very rare, attractive example, some rim bumps, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for 1685 and is indeed rare. The mintage is likely lower than the 194 pieces reported for the accompanying single thaler ([[Lippe-Detmold 1685-IH thaler Dav-6899|Dav-6899]]). |
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* [[Lippe-Detmold 1658 thaler Dav-6894|1658 thaler]] | * [[Lippe-Detmold 1658 thaler Dav-6894|1658 thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Lippe-Detmold 1672-IH 2 thaler|1672 double thaler]] | ||
* [[Lippe-Detmold 1685-IH thaler Dav-6899|1685 thaler]] | * [[Lippe-Detmold 1685-IH thaler Dav-6899|1685 thaler]] | ||
* [[Lippe-Detmold 1685-IH 4 ducats Fr-1443|1685 4 ducats]] | * [[Lippe-Detmold 1685-IH 4 ducats Fr-1443|1685 4 ducats]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:32, 28 November 2024
This specimen was lot 968 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$26,956 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, Simon Heinrich, 1666-1697. Doppelter Reichstaler 1685, Detmold. SIMON HENR · GRAF VND EDLER · H · ZVR LIPP Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//NEC TEMERE · NEC TIMIDE Ovales, vierfeldiges Wappen von zwei Löwen gehalten, oben Krone, zu den Seiten die geteilte Signatur I - H (Johann Hoffmann, Münzmeister in Detmold 1671-1695), unten Lorbeerzweige und die Jahreszahl 16 - 85. Von größter Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, county of Lippe, Simon Henry, 1666-97, double thaler of 1685, Detmold mint. Obverse: draped bust right; reverse: crowned, quartered arms supported by two lions, palm fronds and date below. Very rare, attractive example, some rim bumps, very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1685 and is indeed rare. The mintage is likely lower than the 194 pieces reported for the accompanying single thaler (Dav-6899).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 57.93 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-6898; Grote 154 Anm, KM-105.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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