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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goldmark, post: 1766752, member: 38168&quot;]Yes a freebie in an okay grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for the reply.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I remember to have seen an older post of yours (ca. 3 months ago) in another forum in which you&#039;ve given some exemplary mintage numbers for coinage minted in Hamburg on request by third party sovereigns, and it seems that the time frame falls in this case indeed together with orders made by Romania and Siam (Brazil ???). The appalling lack of high quality specimen (uncirculated and better) is on the other hand not only limited to these few years, it&#039;s a general problem for the Hamburg mint. I&#039;ve to admit before you mentioned it I hadn&#039;t taken foreign export strikes into consideration and it&#039;s indeed a peculiar situation. The numbers of minted coins alone and the suggested numbers of survived population as stated by Jäger (admittedly on global level and not for a particular type) cannot really serve as an explanation. Mintage numbers in the hundreds of thousands to a million wouldn&#039;t suggest there to be a limitation in available coins to the degree existent. Albeit Jäger was highly optimistic in my opinion, a great deal of coins in all the smaller denominations must have been lost by now. If you look at the coins being thrown in the melting pot the small silver coins are among the first.</p><p>What do you think of the theory that it may have to do with the overall, rather poor, strike quality of the coins minted in Hamburg and the limited desirability for collectors to preserve and hoard them during their time? Many of the coins minted in Hamburg seem to have a few strike related deficits, perhaps this has affected perception in a negative way? I think early Imperial coinage wasn&#039;t too popular either and look to where the prices for uncirculated specimens are headed. There is interest but if you want them it can actually be a challenge, highly in contrast to many American coins that are decently available in a broad spectrum form lowest to highest grade even for coins considered rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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