2 Mark Hamburg / Germany Silver

1876, Hamburg (Free Hanseatic City). Silver 2 Mark Coin

Mint Year: 1876
Reference: KM-604.
Denomination: 2 Mark

Mint Place: Hamburg (J)

Material: Silver (.900)

Weight: ca. 11,11gm

Diameter: 28mm

Obverse: Shield of Hamburg (two stars above cross-topped castle with three towers), supported by lions and adorned with a plumed helmet.

Legend: FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG / J

Reverse: Crown of the German Empire above heraldic eagle with small Prussian shield at chest within star order.

Legend: DEUTSCHES REICH 1876 * ZWEI MARK * 

Hamburg, officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg),   is the second largest city in Germany and the thirteenth largest German   state. Its population is over 1.8 million people, and the Hamburg   Metropolitan Region (including parts of the neighbouring Federal States   of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 5 million   inhabitants. The port of Hamburg, on the river Elbe, is the second   largest port in Europe (after the Port of Rotterdam) and tenth largest   worldwide.

The official name reflects its history as a member of   the medieval Hanseatic League, as a free imperial city of the Holy   Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before   the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign state. Prior   to the constitutional changes in 1919, the stringent civic republic was   ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten.

Hamburg is a major transport hub and is one of the   most affluent cities in Europe. It has become a media and industrial   centre, with plants and facilities belonging to Airbus, Blohm + Voss and Aurubis. The radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk and publishers such as Gruner + Jahr and Spiegel-Verlag are pillars of the important media industry in Hamburg. Hamburg has   been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of the   world’s second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank.