1869 Hamburg NVMVS Avrevs Hamburgers 1 Ducat gold VF

Free Hanseatic city of Hamburg (German States)

Obverse

Knight in full armor holding in his shield the arms of Hamburg and in the other a sword, seperating the date in two.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NVMVS AVREVS HAMBVRGENSIS. 18 44.

Reverse

5-line inscription within square frame with decorations on each sides outer border.

Slight minor dent

Script: Latin

Lettering:

.67.

ÆQV:POND:

MARC:COL:

PRETII

23 1/2 KARAT

Gold .979

History ownership

This coin was purchased in December 2023 from German migrant who migrated to Australia in 1986

The coin has been in his private collection till now.

Most of his coins were purchased from auctions in Germany prior to 1986