fwo_614901 - GERMANY - FREE CITY OF HAMBURG 20 Mark 1894 Hambourg
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Price : 460.00 €
Type : 20 Mark
Date: 1894
Mint name / Town : Hambourg
Quantity minted : 500635
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,98 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la ville, soutenu par deux lions.
Obverse translation : (Ville hanséatique et libre d'Hambourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES REICH 1894/ * 20 MARK *.
Reverse description : Aigle impérial couronné, timbré d'un écu orné d'un aigle, entouré du collier de l'ordre allemand.
Commentary
Tranche A.
Historical background
GERMANY - FREE CITY OF HAMBURG
Hamburg, a Hanseatic city, managed until 1918 to retain its status as a free city and its independence. The territory was one of the smallest in the Reich with an area of 414 km2 whose population tripled between 1871 and 1914, rising from 334,810 inhabitants in 1871 to 874,878 in 1905..
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