Catalog
1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1435-1440 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Peter standing, turned slightly to the right, robed in flowing drapery and holding a key in his right hand; the saint is depicted in Gothic style within a beaded inner circle. A Latin uncial legend surrounds the figure in the outer border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Hamburg's goldgulden production in the 1430s coincided with the city's deepening integration into the Hanseatic trading network, where Rhenish-weight gold florins had become the preferred settlement currency for Baltic and North Sea commerce. Hamburg adopted the florin standard not by imperial mandate but by commercial necessity — merchant houses demanded a local coin their counterparts in Lübeck, Riga, and Bruges would accept at face value without discount. Gaedechens 255b distinguishes this emission from closely related dies by subtle variations in the shield placement, a distinction that eluded earlier catalogers for decades.