Image: Germany-Hamburg-1679-Half Bankportugalöser-5 ducats

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Description: Free imperial city of Hamburg (Holy Roman Empire), half-portugalöser (1679).[1] Equivalent to five ducats. Engraved by Johann Christoph Retke.[2]Text reads as follows: (obverse) DEINE GÜTE HERR SEY VBER UNS WIE WIR AUFF DICH HOFFEN (Lord, may thy kindness be with us just as we have hoped for) and (reverse) GOTT LOB DER UNS SO GÜTIG LIEBT • DEM KRIEGE WEHRT UND FRIDEN GIBT (God loves our praise so graciously that he gives unto war first resistance then peace).verbatim
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