Hamburgische Münze

The Hamburgische Münze is a state-owned coin mint in Hamburg, Germany. It is one of five state mints that produce coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.

The first coinage in Hamburg is dated to 834 CE, and the mint describes itself as the oldest operating mint in Germany. The mint has used the 'J' mint mark since 1875.

Among the mint's early Reich issues were 10- and 20-mark gold coins. The coinage law of 1871 set weight limits for these coins and distinguished ordinary wear from deliberate reductions in weight.

The Hamburg mint became associated with the Doppelkronensache ("double-crown affair"), which concerned underweight 20-mark pieces discovered in Lübeck in 1877. The coins were traced to payment circuits through the Port of Hamburg. They had been reduced after minting rather than struck underweight. Histories of the mint describe the affair as a serious blow to its standing during the early imperial period.

The mint began producing euro coins in 1998, and its output reached 3.57 billion by 2002.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hamburgische Münze". Hamburgische Münze (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Von der Idee zur Münze". Bundesministerium der Finanzen (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Die historische Entwicklung der Münzprägung in Hamburg". Hamburgische Münze (in German). Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 Pusback, Günter (1979). "Die Hamburger Münzstätte von 1874 bis heute". Norddeutsches Jahrbuch für Münzkunde und verwandte Gebiete (in German). 1: 169–198.
  5. 1 2 "Gesetz, betreffend die Ausprägung von Reichsgoldmünzen". Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt (in German). 4 December 1871. vol. 1871, no. 47, pp. 404–406, §§ 3, 7 and 9. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Hagen-Jahnke, Ursula; Walburg, Reinhold (1987). Coin Hoards: The Example of Walle (PDF). Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bundesbank. p. 38. ISBN 3-921839-68-8. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  7. 1 2 Schneider, Konrad (1983). Hamburgs Münz- und Geldgeschichte im 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Einführung der Reichswährung (PDF). Beiträge zur Geschichte Hamburgs (in German). Vol. 22. Koblenz: Numismatischer Verlag Gerd Martin Forneck. pp. 53–54. ISBN 3-923708-00-9.
  8. ↑ Abels, Clas (1975). "100 Jahre Münzbetrieb in der Norderstraße". In Hamburgische Münze (ed.). 650 Jahre hamburgisches Münzwesen: Eine Festschrift (in German). Hamburg: Hamburgische Münze. pp. 29–39.

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