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1/2 Ducat
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1675 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1675-1872) |
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| Obverse description | The crowned Hamburg city arms — a white castle with three towers on a red field — occupies the central field, supported on either side by rampant lions. The shield is framed by two ornamental palm branches tied at the base. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer border, with mintmaster initials visible in the lower field beneath the shield. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA AUREA CIVITAT HAMBURG |
| Reverse description | A full-length standing figure of the Virgin Mary, robed and crowned, is depicted facing forward, holding a scepter in her right hand and the Christ Child in her left arm, with an orb at her feet and a crescent moon beneath. The date appears at the conclusion of the surrounding Latin legend, which invokes her patronage of the city. The composition is rendered in the refined Baroque style characteristic of Hamburg gold coinage of the period. |
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