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They must’ve sent a dude up on a ladder for that view 🪜

Another stop on my voyage across Germany - principality of Lippe and its capital Detmold. As it turns out yet again I found the very last one, only two dates were ever issued and it is the only Thaler this small principality ever produced.

Solingen (Rheinprovinz) Gemeinden des unteren Kreises Solingen F-509.2 1917 50pf Iron. No varieties. Zinc coins are F-509.1 both metals combined mintage: 176,000 coins.
Firm: L. Chr. Nürnberg.

Gemeinden des unteren Kreises Solingen = District of lower Solingen, a union of administrative subdivision (Landkreis) in the Prussian Rhine Province—comprised ten mayoralties (Bürgermeistereien) and municipalities that largely make up today's Leverkusen, Opladen, and parts of the surrounding region.

The English names and historical municipalities of the Lower Solingen district include:
Opladen (town and mayoralty center)
Burscheid (town and rural community)
Hitdorf (town/port community)
Leichlingen (town and municipality)
Monheim (municipality on the Rhine)
Neukirchen (municipality, later part of Burscheid/Leverkusen area)
Richrath (parish/rural community, later Richrath-Reusrath / Langenfeld)
Schlebusch (industrial and rural community, now part of Leverkusen)
Witzhelden (rural community and village)
Küppersteg (locality and municipality, now part of Leverkusen)

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Lippe (Lippe-Detmold) Handelskammer F-299.2A 1917 10pf zinc. No varieties.
Firm: Adam Donner, Elberfeld.

Handelskammer = Chamber of Commerce

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I was traveling through Hamburg and got a little unreasonable.

Yet another souvenir from my trip. Last Thaler from the tiny principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen issued in 1870, just as the German Reich was about to happen. Prince Gunther Frederick was the penultimate ruler, his successor died childless and the Principality was inherited by a cousin from Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt who did not issue any coins for his new state. If you wonder whether this coin - or other Thalers - qualify as German Empire coins, they actually do. They were the only coins which remained in circulation till 1908, valued at 3 Reichsmark and then, as it turned out people needed them, 3 Reichsmark coins were introduced.

The Electorate of Hesse also known as Hesse-Kassel was another German state which I visited this summer. I brought back the last Thaler of Prince Elector Frederick William I. One year after the coin was issued the Elector made the mistake of taking the side of Austria in the war against Prussia and his state ceased to exist as a result. His grandfather William I decided to keep the title of Prince Elector even though there were no elections of emperors after 1806 as he believed it superior to Grand Duke and he failed to get the title of king the other lay electors got. I visited the palace but I thought that the famous Hercules is more interesting. The cascade is operated only twice a week.

Nagold (Württemberg) Amtskörperschaft, Oberamtsbezirk - geographic district of self-governing corporate body formed by the municipality F-354.6 1920 2pf iron. No varieties, mintage: 10,000 coins.
Firm: Württemberg State Mint, Stuttgart.

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I was in Waldeck und Pyrmont last month (in the very capital - Bad Arolsen - to see the palace) and, as usual, I brought back some small change. This is the very last Thaler issued by the Principality and, probably, the last coin they issued for circulation. The Duke's son, Frederick, issued 5 and 20 Mark coins in 1903 but they are super rare (only 2000 each) so they were rather presentation pieces.

Vohwinkel (Rheinprovinz) Gemeinde F-564.6 1918 50pf iron. No Varieties.

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After many years, my German 3 mark type set is finally complete! The holder is stunning as well, a custom job from my friend. If anyone wants more info on the holder, shoot me a DM and I can give you my friends details. Hope you all enjoy, this was a real labor of love!

A nice piece of history but are there collectors of these coins? Fantastic conversation piece.

Also if it’s okay to post I also recently acquired this Great Britain Queen Victoria 1896 LX Crown

Germersheim (Bayern) Stadt F-156.5Ac 1917 10pf iron.
There five varsities:
Aa) Obv. Both sides of 1917 have a star.
Ab) Obv. Both sides of 1917 has a Rosetta Flower, bottom of Right leg of K is above one pearl.
Ac) as b) 1917 is 6.0 mm wide, bottom of right leg of K is between two pearls.
Ad) Obv. 1917 is 7.0 mm wide, and has a Rosetta Flower on both sides.
Firm: L. Chr. Lauer, Nürnberg

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Freysstadt (Schlesien) Stadt F-139.2a O.D. 50pf iron. There are 4 different varieties, total mintage: 20,700 and placed into circulation in 1918. Varieties:
a) Rev. Value is 6 mm tall, distance between 5-0 is 0.5 mm.
b) as a) distance between 5-0 is 1.0 mm, star to E is 2.0 mm.
c) as b) star to E is 1.5 mm.
d) Rev. value is 6.5 mm tall.
Firm: L. Chr. Lauer, Nürnberg

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Reverse legend: MONETA NOVA CIVITATI(S) HAMBURGENSIS, "new coinage of the city of Hamburg".

Obverse legend: MATTHIAS D(EI) G(RATIA) ROMA(NUS) IMP(ERATOR) SEM(PER) AUGU(STUS), "Matthias, by the grace of God, Roman emperor, forever augustus".

I paid 140€ for this; was it a good price?

Maulbronn (Württemberg) Oberamtsbezirk F-325.1b 1918 5pf iron. Two varieties, total mintage: 27,743 coins.
a) Rev. only a wide outer flat rim.
b) Rev. both a wide outer flat rim round a thin inner line.
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