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Issuing authority

Free Imperial City of Hamburg

Kind
city-state
Region
Western Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

4

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

4 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1553 – 1855

4 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Thaler, 1553

The province of North Holland via Europeana

modern coins

Thaler, 1553

1553

Thaler is held by The province of North Holland (Netherlands), dated 1553. Description supplied by the holding institution: Thaler Hamburg; obv.: city gate with three towers depicted in a city wall; border inscription: MONETA.NOVA.CIVITATIS.HAMBVRGEN; rev.: standing Mary with Child with a coat of arms beneath; borde…

Documented

Partial type record

Ducat from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1807

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Ducat from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1807

1807

Gold coin. Obverse: crowned female figure leaning with one arm against a column and holding in her other hand a cross, upon which a curved shield. In exergue, date. Reverse: within a decorated rectangle, above which coat of arms of the city, value designation in five lines. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, ho…

Documented

Partial type record

Dreiling from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1809

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Dreiling from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1809

1809

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the city. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which the date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1016A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.2 cm x weight 0.4…

Documented

Partial type record

Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, sechsling, 1855

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, sechsling, 1855

1855

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of the city. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which is the year. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1020; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.5 cm x weight…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

  • 16th century1
  • 19th century3

Only the 4 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver2
  • Gold1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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