Lippe-Detmold 1793 gulden

Künker sale 293, lot 972

This specimen was lot 972 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €260 (about US$351 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1789 FÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold, 1789-1802. Gulden 1793, Münzstätte vermutlich Detmold. Prämiengulden, gestiftet für den Flachsbau. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Horn. (Germany, principality of Lippe, Frederick William Leopold, 1789-1802, gulden of 1793, probably Detmold mint. Prize awarded for the production of flax. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type is not listed in the SCWC, likely disdained by them as a medal.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Grote 307.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Lippe-Detmold 1719 thaler Dav-2383
• Coins and currency dated 1793
• return to coins of German States, Lippe-Detmold