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3 Pfennig - Simon VI
| Issuer | Lippe |
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| Year | 1595-1598 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1413-1788) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features the numeral 96 inscribed within a circular orb or globe surmounted by a cross, representing the Reichsapfel (imperial orb), indicating the coin's value as 1/96 of a Thaler. The date of issue appears in the field above or surrounding the orb, split around the central device. The composition is characteristic of small German Pfennig coinage of the late sixteenth century, with a plain flat field and the denominational symbol dominating the reverse. The strike is irregular and the flan slightly clipped, consistent with hammered production. |
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Simon VI ruled Lippe from 1563 until his death in 1613, and his lengthy administration produced a well-documented sequence of small silver issues. The 3 Pfennig denomination sat at the bottom of the practical coinage hierarchy — the kind of piece that changed hands thousands of times in weekly markets and rarely survived with any surface integrity. MB#18 places this among the earlier struck types of his reign, consistent with the monetary reforms circulating through the smaller Westphalian territories in the 1590s.