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1 Portugalöser Restrike
| Issuer | Hamburgische Münze |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Ducat |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA NOVA AVREA CIVITATIS HAMBVRGENSIS NACH PORTVGALIS SCHROT VND KORN |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The original Portugalöser was a Hamburg merchant's coin, first struck in 1553, denominated at ten ducats and designed to facilitate large-value trade rather than everyday commerce. Hamburg's mint revived the type periodically across several centuries — the restrike tradition itself is nearly as old as some of the earlier originals. This 2001 issue continues that practice, produced by the Hamburgische Münze as a bullion-adjacent collector piece in the same spirit as its predecessors.
The denomination name derives from the Portuguese cruzado coins that circulated as a prestige trade currency in northern European ports during the sixteenth century.