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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1232673, member: 39&quot;]Lippe I have always found interesting because the territory is not anywhere near the Lippe river that it was named after. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Apparently the rulers originally came from an area near that river but later had their lands further north ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The official term of the principality was just &quot;Lippe&quot;. But since there was also a country/state named &quot;Schaumburg-Lippe&quot; (today part of Schaumburg county, in the state of Lower Saxony), it made sense to use Lippe-Detmold to easily keep the two apart. Talking about Schaumburg-Lippe, two of the coins you showed us (the 1857 Commemorative and the 1865 Vereinsthaler) are from that place. Oh, and one link (1713 Reichsthaler) I could not get to work. Still an interesting presentation, thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>And since I am from North Rhine Westphalia, which the county (Kreis) Lippe is a part of, let me show you our coat of arms: <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westfalia.svg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westfalia.svg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westfalia.svg</a> The green part with the river represents Rhineland, the red part with the horse is Westphalia ... and the small part at the bottom is Lippe, with its rose that you also see on many of the coins in your first post. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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