Hamburg 32 Shilling 1809 Struck during the occupation under Marshal Davout in 1815. PCGS MS62

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PCGS Certification number: 54848167

Grade: MS62

Nominal value: 32 Shil

Year: 1809

Name: 1809-CAIG 32 Shil

Country: Hamburg

Material: Silver

Catalog Number: PCGS 283116

PCGS Catalog Number: 283116

1809, Hamburg (French Occupation). Silver 32 Schilling (2 Mark) Coin. PCGS MS-62!
Struck during French occupation under Marshal Davout.

Reference: KM-537.
M int Place: Hamburg (City)
Denomination: 32 Schillings (2 Mark)
Conditino: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-62!
Mint Year: dated 1809 (Issued by French occupation forces under Marshal Davoux in 1815!)
Mint Official: C.A.J. Ginquembre (French dirctor of the Hamburg mint during the occupation under Marshal Davout.)
Material: Silver (.968)
Weight: 14.17gm 
Diameter: 33mm


Obverse: Denomination numeral above legend in four lines and date.
Legend: * 32 * SCHILLINGE HAMBURGER COURANT 1809.

Reverse: Arms of Hamburg (castle with three towers), topped by decorated ornate tournament helmet. Comment: Mint official´s initials (G.A.I.G.) below shield.
Legend: * 17 . EINE * MARK * FEIN *



Upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Free Imperial City of Hamburg was not mediatised but became a sovereign state officially titled Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Hamburg was briefly annexed by Napoleon I to the First French Empire (1810–14). Russian forces under General Bennigsen finally freed the city in 1814. Hamburg reassumed its pre-1811 status as city-state in 1814. The Vienna Congress of 1815 confirmed Hamburg's independence and it became one of 39 sovereign states of the German Confederation (1815–66).





Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era. His prodigious talent for war along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the title "The Iron Marshal". He is ranked along with Massena and Lannes as one of Napoleon's finest commanders. During his lifetime, Davout's name was commonly spelled Davoust, which is how it appears on the Arc de Triomphe and in much of the correspondence between Napoleon and his generals (see external links below for examples).

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