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2 Pfennig - Simon August
| Issuer | Lippe |
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| Year | 1763 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The heraldic rose of Lippe, comprising a stylized floral device with foliate scrollwork flanking a central oval cartouche, surmounted by a budding finial. Within the cartouche, the denomination is expressed in Roman numerals 'II', indicating 2 Pfennig. The entire design is enclosed within a dentilated border. |
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| Mintage | 1763 |
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Simon August ruled the County of Lippe from 1734 until his death in 1782, a tenure long enough to see the Seven Years' War tear through the surrounding Westphalian territories. This 1763 issue lands precisely at the Peace of Hubertusburg, the year the war ended and small German states scrambled to restabilize local economies disrupted by years of military occupation and currency debasement. Copper pfennig issues of this type circulated hard in rural Lippe, where small denomination coinage was chronically short.