Hamburg 1660 2 schilling

Steve Album sale 55, lot 853

This specimen was lot 853 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HAMBURG: Free Hanseatic City, AR 2 schilling, 1660, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck intermittently 1624, 1627-38, 1631, 1636-41, 1646-47, 1659-60 and 1669-72. One thaler was 32 schilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-171, Gaed-872.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• 1646 2 schilling
• 1658 ducat
• 1661 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1660