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1 Sechsling Gold Pattern
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1750 |
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| Value | 1 Sechsling (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central four-line inscription within a beaded inner circle reads '1 / SECHS / LING / JJJ', denoting the denomination and mintmaster's initials. The surrounding outer legend reads MONETA NOVA LUBEC with the date 1750, all within a milled border. The overall design is bold and typographic, characteristic of German city coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. |
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Lübeck's gold pattern coinage of 1750 occupies an odd corner of German numismatic history — the city was producing probe pieces at a moment when its commercial influence had shrunk dramatically from its Hanseatic peak, yet civic pride demanded the trappings of a fully sovereign minting authority. A gold Sechsling pattern makes little economic sense: the Sechsling was a base copper denomination, and striking one in gold served no monetary purpose whatsoever. This was almost certainly a presentation piece, produced for gifting to magistrates or visiting dignitaries.
Only a handful of confirmed examples are recorded against KM#Pn24.