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Calendar medal Hamburg

Location Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of
Year 1805
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Composition Silver
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Obverse description Seated Minerva in helmet holding the Hamburg city arms shield, extending a laurel branch toward a sailing ship at right; behind her stands Mercury, semi-nude with winged hat, raising a caduceus. The central scene is surrounded by a calendar border divided into monthly segments inscribed with Sundays and day counts, with the year 1805 at the bottom.
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Reverse description Detailed calendar table for Hamburg covering all twelve months, with columns indicating astronomical and tidal data including sunrise, moonphases, day length, and tide times. The heading reads CALENDER FUR HAMBURG with the four seasons and their start dates noted below; religious feast days are listed in the exergue.
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