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32 Schilling Gulden
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1747-1748 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#162 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A three-line denomination and currency inscription is centrally placed between two flanking palm branches. Below the inscription, the ornate quartered arms of the city of Lübeck are displayed on an elaborate heraldic shield. The date and mintmaster's initials appear within or adjacent to the legend, with the overall composition arranged in a formal, symmetrical baroque style. |
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Lübeck's 32-Schilling Gulden of 1747–48 was struck during a period when the city's commercial dominance in the Baltic had long peaked, yet its mint continued issuing high-denomination silver to meet the demands of a merchant class still conducting significant long-distance trade. The denomination itself reflects the hybrid accounting systems common to northern German city-states, where local Schilling reckonings were mapped awkwardly onto the broader Gulden currency framework used across the Holy Roman Empire.
KM#162 is a two-year type, suggesting the dies were retired or the issuing authority revised coinage policy shortly after production began.