Watch List notes:

GERMANY, Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt). AV Portugaleser (42mm, 34.92 g, 12h). Tricentennial of the Civic Constitution. Dually dated 29 September 1528 and 1828. "das dankbare Hamburg" in script, coat-of-arms; around, figures representing the five parishes in segments with alternating floral patterns; "am 29 September 1828" in script below / "der Gründung seiner bürgerschaftlichen Vertassung" in script, council member, holding document, and four church leaders standing around altar; "am 29 September 1828" below. Gaedechens 2043. Choice EF, prooflike surfaces with minor hairlines.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dr. Nelson Page Aspen Collection (Bowers & Merena, 9 August 1989), lot 2257.