Schilling Hamburger Current
Schilling Hamburger Current (or Schilling Hamburger Courant ) is the main type of coin in the Hamburger Courant currency from 1725 to 1856.
The Hamburg city government decided on January 25, 1725 to switch to the 34-mark standard . The new schilling coins were minted according to this standard. This means that from a Cologne weight mark of fine silver (= approx. 234 g) coins worth 34 marks Hamburg Courant are minted. However, the fully-fledged silver coins actually issued were not denominated in marks , but in shillings . The rule was that 16 shillings make one mark.
The Hamburg Courant currency knew the Dreiling (3 pfennigs ), the sixling (6 pfennigs) and the Schilling (12 pfennigs) as small denominations . These small coins were divisive coins , i.e. that is, they contained a little less silver than the 34-foot mark. All coins from the 2-shilling piece upwards were fully-fledged Kurant coins .
| Nominal | Fineness (000/1000) | Piece / mark fine | Dimensions | Edge embossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreiling | 187.5 | 2432 | 0.51 | smooth |
| Sextuplets | 259 | 1216 | 0.77 | smooth |
| Shilling | 375 | 576 | 1.08 | smooth |
| 2 shillings | 437.5 | 272 | 1.96 | Notches |
| 4 shillings | 562.5 | 136 | 3.05 | (1) |
| 8 shillings | 625 | 68 | 5.50 | (1) |
| 16 shillings | 750 | 34 | 9.16 | (1) |
| 32 shillings (2) | 750 | 17th | 18.32 | (1) |
| 32 shillings (3) | 968.75 | 17th | 14.17 | ornament |
(1) 1726–1759 notches (occasionally also later), up to 1797 cord, 1808 ornament; (2) to 1808; (3) 1809
In 1726 Hamburg set a fixed rate between the Mark Courant (= 16 Schillinge Hamburger Courant) and the Hamburg Banco currency ( Mark Banco ). However, this measure led to a trade war with Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which were largely under Danish sovereignty. The attempt was stopped in 1736. The price was then released and listed on the stock exchange. The rate was around 1 Banco or Speciesthaler = 60 Schillinge Courant or 1 Mark Banco = 20 Schillinge Courant.
On April 24, 1856, Hamburg switched to the somewhat lighter Graumann 14 thaler foot (= 35 mark foot), which Prussia had previously introduced. By this time, Hamburg had largely stopped its own coinage. Only a few small coins were minted until 1862. These were, however, marked with the year 1856, according to the old 34 mark foot.
source
- Kurt Jaeger, Jens-Uwe Rixen: Northwest Germany - East Friesland, Oldenburg, Jever, Kniphausen, Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Lauenburg. In: The coinage of the German states before the introduction of the Reich currency. Volume 6, coins and medals A. G., Basel 1971, pp. 80–83.