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1 Sechsling
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1807-1839 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | H·S·K· |
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Hamburg maintained its status as a free city through the Napoleonic upheaval, though French occupation from 1806 to 1814 disrupted its mint operations significantly. The Sechsling — a denomination rooted in the Low German monetary tradition, equal to six Pfennig — continued to circulate through these decades as the city reasserted its commercial independence after Napoleon's defeat and eventual readmission to the German Confederation in 1815.
The billon alloy at this fineness was typical of Hamburg's small change throughout the period, keeping fractional coinage cheap to produce as the city rebuilt its merchant economy.