Hamburg 1809-HSK 32 schilling
This specimen was lot 3922 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €45 (about US$59 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAMBURG, STADT. 32 Schilling 1809, geprägt aus dem Silber der Hamburger Bank unter französischer Besetzung 1813-1814. Münzmeister Hans Schierven Knoph. Behelmtes Stadtwappen, darunter die Münzmeistersignatur H · S · K ·// * 32 * / SCHILLINGE / HAMBURGER / COURANT / 1809 ·. Hübsche Patina, min. justiert, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Tietjen + Co. Hamburg, Dezember 1969, Nr. 1366. (Germany, city of Hamburg, 32 schilling of 1809, struck during French occupation of 1813-14 from silver taken from the Hamburg Bank. Obverse: helmeted arms, mintmaster's initials below; reverse: denomination and date. Handsome patina, light adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"
This coin was struck while the port was under French occupation. The issue of 1808 (Dav-657) was just large enough to be included in Davenport but the issues of 1809 are too light. Hamburg would not issue large silver coins again until after unification in 1871.
Recorded mintage: 879,585.
Specification: 14.17 g, 0.868 fine silver, this specimen 14,16 g.
Catalog reference: KM 536, AKS 13; J. 39 a; Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 12, 3.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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