Hamburg mark
The Hamburg Mark refers to two distinct currencies issued in the city of Hamburg until 1875:
- The Hamburg Mark Banco, a bank money and an accounting unit, and
- The Hamburg Mark Courant, an actual coin.
| Hamburger Mark (German) | |
|---|---|
32 Schilling coin 1809 | |
| Unit | |
| Plural | Mark |
| Denominations | |
| Subunit | |
| 1⁄16 | Schilling |
| 1⁄192 | Pfennig |
| Plural | |
| Schilling | Schillinge |
| Pfennig | Pfennige |
| Demographics | |
| User(s) | Hamburg, British Heligoland |
Each mark is divided into 16 schilling, each of 12 pfennig. Three marks were equal to a Reichsthaler, Germany's main unit of currency which the Hamburger Bank (Bank of Hamburg) defined and maintained until 1875.
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