2 Pfennig - Louis Henry Adolphus Guardian Regent for Frederick William Leopold

Lippe's guardianship coinage of 1785 fills an administrative gap left when the reigning count died before his heir came of age. Louis Henry Adolphus, as guardian regent, had the legal authority to strike coin in the minor Frederick William Leopold's name — a procedural necessity for a territory that could not allow a vacuum in issuing authority, however brief.

The billon content here is notably low even by late 18th-century German small-change standards, reflecting Lippe's limited resources as one of the smaller imperial counties.