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1 Schilling
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1675-1687 |
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| Value | 1⁄48 Thaler = 1 Schilling |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '48' displayed prominently in the center of the field, enclosed within a rayed or foliate wreath rendered in the style of a lion's mane or ornamental crown. The circular legend surrounding the wreath incorporates the date and the words identifying this as city currency, reading STADT · GELDT with the year. The overall design is characteristic of late 17th-century North German municipal coinage. |
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Hamburg's schilling coinage of the 1670s–80s was produced during a period of intense commercial rivalry among the North German city-states, with Hamburg's mint working to maintain consistent silver content at a time when many neighboring territories were quietly debasing. The Free City's monetary reputation was inseparable from its standing as northern Europe's dominant trading port, and even small denomination silver was held to a standard that facilitated trust with foreign merchants.
KM#269 spans twelve years of production, suggesting steady demand rather than a single emergency issue.