Hamburgische Münze

The Hamburgische Münze is a state-owned coin mint in Hamburg, Germany.[1] It is one of five state mints that produce coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.[2]

The first coinage in Hamburg is dated to 834 CE, and the mint describes itself as the oldest operating mint in Germany.[3][1] The mint has used the 'J' mint mark since 1875.[3]

Among the mint's early Reich issues were 10- and 20-mark gold coins.[4][5] The coinage law of 1871 set weight limits for these coins and distinguished ordinary wear from deliberate reductions in weight.[5][6]

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.[7] They had been reduced after minting rather than struck underweight.[7] Histories of the mint describe the affair as a serious blow to its standing during the early imperial period.[4][8]

The mint began producing euro coins in 1998, and its output reached 3.57 billion by 2002.[3]

See also

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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