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2 Pfennigs - Frederick Adolphus
| Issuer | County of Lippe-Detmold (Lippe, German States) |
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| Year | 1715-1717 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1715-1717) |
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Lippe-Detmold was a tiny imperial county in Westphalia, perpetually overshadowed by its larger neighbors and chronically short of hard currency. Small copper pfennig issues like this one were a practical stopgap — local circulation demands outpaced what the county could obtain from regional mints, and petty coinage from neighboring territories rarely made it into village commerce reliably. Frederick Adolphus ruled from 1697 until his death in 1718, and the three-year window on this issue suggests a single mint contract rather than continuous production.