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1 Schilling
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1669-1670 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the denomination inscription arranged in three lines within a beaded inner circle: I / SCHIL / LING, flanked by pellets above and below. A six-petaled rosette ornament appears at the top of the inner circle. The surrounding outer legend reads STADT · GILDT · 1669, with the date integrated into the circular field, referencing the civic monetary authority of Hamburg. The overall layout is simple and functional, consistent with small-denomination Hanseatic Schilling coinage of the late seventeenth century. |
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Hamburg's schilling coinage of this period was issued under the city's jealously guarded monetary autonomy — the Senate repeatedly resisted incorporation into the broader Imperial coinage system, preferring to maintain denominational structures tied to local trade rather than Reichstaler conventions. The 1669–1670 date range suggests a two-year emission, likely tied to a specific civic minting contract rather than a continuous series.
Gaedechens 971 is a scarce attribution in finer grades; most survivors show heavy circulation wear consistent with small change in an active mercantile port.