fwo_731997 - GERMANY - FREE CITY OF HAMBURG 1 Schilling 1846
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Type : 1 Schilling
Date: 1846
Quantity minted : 240000
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16,2 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,11 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Bruno Miquel
Obverse
Obverse legend : H.S.K..
Obverse description : Arme de la ville de Hambourg.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .I. / SCHILLING / HAMB:COVR: / 1846..
Reverse description : dans le champ.
Commentary
Les initiales H.S.K. sont celles du maître monnayeur Hans Schierven Knoph.
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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