Hamburg 1841-HSK sechsling
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This specimen was lot 2093 in Goldberg sale 122 (Los Angeles, June 2021), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Hamburg. Sechsling, 1841-HSK. The finest example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded MS-66." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of three imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen and Lübeck were the others. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany. This type was struck 1841 only while Hamburg was an independent Free City but is common. The sechsling was six pfennig.
Recorded mintage: 293,000.
Specification: 0.76 g, 0.250 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-556.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 122: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2021.
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