HAMBURG: Freie und Reichsstädte, AR thaler (28.56g), 1553, KM-MB32 var, Dav-9217 var, Madonna and Child, two-year type, some iridescent tone in periphery, slight doubling of Madonna's face, VF, ex Adolph Hess Nachfolger, ex Künker. The castle that Emperor Charlemagne had built in 808AD is what the city takes its name from. In 1189, Frederick I Barbarossa granted Hamburg the status of Imperial Free City.
Estimate: 420- 480 USD