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1 Goldgulden - Philip
| Issuer | County of Solms-Lich |
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| Year | 1623 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (3.25) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip I of Solms-Lich struck this gulden in 1623, the second year of the catastrophic currency debasement crisis known as the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, when scores of minor German territorial lords raced to exploit imperial monetary disorder by issuing debased coinage. A gold piece from this moment is something of a paradox — fine gold issues were largely immune to the debasement frenzy, but they emerge from the same administrative apparatus profiting from it.
Solms-Lich was a tiny Wetterau county with limited mint output. Fr#3297 is among the rarer gulden attributable to the Solms line, with surviving examples appearing infrequently at auction.