Manfred Mehl

Manfred Mehl (* 1939 in Schneidemühl , Pomerania ) is a German high school teacher and numismatist .

Manfred Mehl was born in 1939 in Schneidemühl and grew up in Hildesheim . After graduating from high school at Andreanum , he studied Classical Philology and Slavic Studies at the University of Hamburg . From 1964 until his retirement in 2002 he worked as a high school teacher in Hamburg.

He then received his doctorate on a monetary history topic at the University of Leipzig . Mehl is a specialist in medieval German coin history and the author of several catalogs on medieval coin history.

Since 1990 he has been chairman of the Association of Coin Friends in Hamburg eV

Awards

• 2003 Eligius Prize of the German Numismatic Society (DNG)
• 2012 Prize of the Society for International Monetary History (GIG)

Fonts (selection)

• The coins of the Hildesheim diocese - the minting period from 1599 to 1783. 2 volumes. MM Verlag Manfred Mehl, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933420-01-6 .
• The coins of the Quedlinburg Abbey. MM Verlag Manfred Mehl, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-933420-02-4 .
• Coin and monetary history of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg in the Middle Ages. 2 volumes. MM Verlag Manfred Mehl, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-933420-03-9 .
• The coins and medals of Merseburg from the beginning until 1738 . Verlag Manfred Mehl, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-933420-04-6 .