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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 15628297, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is a silver 8-schilling piece from the Free Hanseatic City of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" rel="nofollow">Hamburg</a>, struck in 1727, in the name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI</a>.&nbsp; At 28 mm, it is almost but not quite the diameter of a US half dollar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Sorry about the photo quality.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>German States (Hamburg): silver 8-schilling of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1727-IHL</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1533244[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1533245[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: </b>HAMBURGER CURRENT GELDT / 8 SCHILL / I.H.L.</font></font></p><p><b><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">Reverse: </font></font></b><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">CAROLVS VI D G ROM IMP SEMP AVG (Carolus VI Dei gratia Romanorum Imperator semper Augustus).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Mintage:</b> 695,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Engraver:</b> Johann Heinrich Löwe, Sr.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference:</b> <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21383.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21383.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-21383</a>, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-hamburg-8-schilling-km-367-1726-1728-cuid-1136485-duid-1336516" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-hamburg-8-schilling-km-367-1726-1728-cuid-1136485-duid-1336516" rel="nofollow">KM-367</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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