Hamburgische Münze

The Hamburg Mint ( coin Hamburg also ) is the oldest German Mint. It cites as a mint mark "J" and is, as a country operation of Finance of the City of Hamburg.

In Mint 45 people are employed. Münzleiter is Ralph Thiemann.

The Hamburg Mint produced both a part of the German circulation coins (21 percent) and commemorative coins of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as foreign coins and commemorative coins with no face value.

In contrast to the other four mints in Germany, the Hamburg mint private groups of visitors is not accessible.

History

In the year 834 be beaten in Hamburg for the first time coins. The right of coining money, awarded by the Emperor, the Archbishop held to Hammaburg. 1189 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of the Hamburg mint the right to test the Counts Look Freiburgische mint. The Counts of Holstein sold the mint at the city of Hamburg, which was allowed so to beat his own coins. The imprints were mainly to Bracteates.

1435, the Hamburg mint the right to mint gold coins, the florin, granted by Emperor Sigismund. 1553 Taler and Portugaleser be struck in the Mint for the first time.

After 1806, French troops occupied the city, the operation of the Mint was suspended in 1813. The former mint master HS Knoph bought part of the equipment and ran a private coin on behalf of the Hamburg Bank, where he would make Hamburger ducats and coins.

1842, this mint is destroyed by the Fire of Hamburg. Until the new direction of the coin mints supplied in neighboring Altona, Hamburg, Hannover and Berlin with coins.

In 1873 decided to build a new stamping facility, which opened in 1875 on the Norderstraße and since then, carries the "J" the Hamburg Parliament. Hamburg was thus assigned as the ninth mint of the German Empire and received the ninth letter of the alphabet as an embossed characters. The eight embossing machines used came from the Mint Strasbourg and were there already since 1851 and 1852 into operation.

During World War II the coin Hamburg was severely damaged so that they could start operating again until 1948. In 1982, it moved to a new building, a purpose built Meiendorf, a district of Hamburg- Rahlstedt.

Euro - coins

The euro and cent coins as circulating money minted in all German mints. In contrast, the 10 - euro commemorative coins are each influenced only in a mint.