Mystery coins identified, Hamburg and Napoleon
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I have had these two small dime-sized silver coins since the 1960's when
I rescued them from California coin dealers' "junk boxes".
Mystery Coin Hamburg (17mm, 0.75gm)
This coin is worn pretty smooth and makes one wonder how long it was in circulation.
The reverse says "Hamburg" and I have a similar coin (below) dated 1763.
I could barely make out the reverse as having a possible date of 1720.
Mystery Coin European (18mm, 2.12gm)
I always thought that this one was French, but could not find a
French portrait to match.
The coin has a date of "18xx".
The second letter of the upper right obverse legend looks like an 'A',
so the name could be Napoleon.
The line on the reverse appears to be post-mint damage.
The best match I could find for the portrait was Hiermonymus Napoleon of
the German state of Westphalia who was Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother.
That would make the date around 1808.
The more recent Hamburg coin that I have:
Hamburg 1 Schilling 1763 (18mm 0.97gm)
I rescued them from California coin dealers' "junk boxes".
Mystery Coin Hamburg (17mm, 0.75gm)
This coin is worn pretty smooth and makes one wonder how long it was in circulation.
The reverse says "Hamburg" and I have a similar coin (below) dated 1763.
I could barely make out the reverse as having a possible date of 1720.
Mystery Coin European (18mm, 2.12gm)
I always thought that this one was French, but could not find a
French portrait to match.
The coin has a date of "18xx".
The second letter of the upper right obverse legend looks like an 'A',
so the name could be Napoleon.
The line on the reverse appears to be post-mint damage.
The best match I could find for the portrait was Hiermonymus Napoleon of
the German state of Westphalia who was Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother.
That would make the date around 1808.
The more recent Hamburg coin that I have:
Hamburg 1 Schilling 1763 (18mm 0.97gm)
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heres a 5 Franc with (about) the same obverse & reverse:
Still in doubt, but the French Napoleon coin would be more common than the German one.
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he put his brothers and brothers in law on every throne in Europe , Spain, Italy, Germany and Holland
in our country (the Netherlands) it was his brother Lodewijk Napoleon,and he did an excellent job as a King between 1806-1810,
he paved the way for the Netherlands from becoming a Republic of the Netherlands into a Kingdom of the Netherlands.
------------------Lodewijk Napoleon - King of Holland - 1808 - 50 Stuvers or 2,5 Guilders silver - weight 26,35 Gram-----------------
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Lodwewijk Napoleon 50 Stuiver