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1/2 Thaler
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1566 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#49, Gaed#535 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DEVM + SVPER + OIA + TIME. |
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Hamburg's half thaler coinage of this period emerged from a city that had been minting independently for centuries, its monetary autonomy jealously guarded against both imperial interference and the ambitions of neighboring territorial princes. The 1566 date places this piece squarely within the early decades of the Reichsmünzordnung reforms — the imperial minting ordinances of 1551 and 1559 that attempted to standardize German silver coinage across hundreds of issuing authorities, with limited success in free cities like Hamburg that had their own commercial incentives.
Gaedechens 535 is a recognized variety within a series where die combinations matter considerably to specialists.