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1 Thaler - Simon August 40th Birthday
| Issuer | Lippe |
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| Year | 1767 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large rectangular tablet or cartouche framed by an ornate Baroque border of acanthus scrollwork and floral motifs, occupying nearly the entire field. Within the tablet, a six-line Latin commemorative inscription in capital and italic lettering records congratulations to the count on the forty-first anniversary of his birth to the fatherland, with the date given as 12 June 1767 in Roman numerals. The surrounding scrollwork is finely detailed, with foliate ornaments at the cardinal points of the frame. |
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Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold, ruled one of the smallest territories in the Holy Roman Empire — a county of roughly 50,000 subjects — yet maintained a court culture that included the commissioning of commemorative thalers for personal milestones. This piece marks his 40th birthday on October 7, 1767. Such birthday thalers were a distinctly German princely habit, and for minor counts they often served as much to demonstrate dynastic legitimacy to peers as to circulate within their tiny domains.
The Ihl reference catalogues multiple die combinations for this issue; the A/a designation indicates the primary obverse paired with the primary reverse, suggesting at least one additional pairing exists.