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2 1/2 Tola Trade coinage, copper-nickel trial
| Emittent | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Jahr | 1877 |
| Typ | Coin pattern |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Draped bust of Hammonia facing right, her head laureate with a wreath and surmounted by a mural crown, wearing a pearl necklace and trident-shaped earrings. The effigy is rendered in a classical allegorical style, representing the personification of Hamburg. The legend encircling the portrait records the weight and fineness specifications intended for trade use in the Indian subcontinent. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Within a raised inner border, the denomination is displayed in two lines in large bold numerals and capital letters: '2 1/2' above 'TOLA'. The surrounding annular band carries the full weight and fineness legend, reading: 'GEW. 450 GR. TROY' in the upper arc, 'FEINGEH. 0,995' across the lower portion, and 'FEIN 447,75 GR. TROY' completing the lower arc, all separated by six-pointed stars. The design is strictly typographic with no figural elements, emphasizing the piece's function as a proposed trade standard. |
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Hamburg's merchants had long dominated trade with the Indian subcontinent, and this trial piece represents an attempt to produce a coin calibrated to the tola — the traditional Indian unit of weight used by moneylenders and bazaar traders across the subcontinent. The 2½ tola denomination was designed to compete directly with British trade coinage in South Asian markets. It never entered production.
Schaaf records only a handful of specimens. The copper-nickel composition itself was likely chosen as a test against the silver issues being evaluated simultaneously for the same denomination.