Hamburg 1828-HSK schilling
This specimen was lot 33860 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Hamburg. Free City gold Off-Metal Strike Shilling 1828-HSK MS64 NGC. A scarce off-metal striking exhibiting sharp detail and flashy golden fields." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany. This type was struck 1823, 1828 and 1832 only while Hamburg was an independent Free City but is common. The schilling was one sixteenth of a thaler altho Hamburg struck no thalers during the nineteenth century.
Recorded mintage: 141,600.
Specification: 1.08 g, .375 fine silver, .013 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 546.1 (formerly KM 251.1), J-42.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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