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Reference: S1880
Period: George V
Year: 1911
Silversmith: Von Hafen (Haefen)
Place: Hamburg, Germany
Price: $ 190.00
Weight: 46 grams
Dimensions: 8.8 cm diameter
Condition: Excellent, slight wear to base, 1 small dent.
Description: An interesting German silver coin dish, with a German 3 Mark silver coin set in the centre of the circular dish. The coin is a special issue by the city of Hamburg, the front has the Hamburg city armorial (3 turreted castle supported by lions, it has lovely detail), and city motto "FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG", the obverse has German eagle and "DEUTSCHES REICH 1911 DREI MARK". The bowl is also engraved "UBERSEE-KAFFEE, Hamburg", Ubersee Kaffee (translated Overseas Coffee) was a large German coffee business focussed on the export market, we assume this was a corporate gift. Given the size of their building it must have been a substantial business (see photo). The hallmarks are clear, the German silver half moon and crown used after 1888, 835 standard mark, and a script makers mark von Hafen, for Juwelier von Hafen, a Hamburg Jeweller established in 1902, they still exist today, specializing in jewelry with a nautical theme.
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Ubersee Kaffee Hamburg Silver Coin Dish - Drei Mark, Freie Und Hansestadt hamburg
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Ubersee Kaffee, Hamburg, offices, circa 1911
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Ubersee kaffee silver coin dish - drei mark deutches reich 1911
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Freie und hansestadt hamburg silver coin dish
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ubersee kaffee silver coin bowl - base
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W N HAFER german silver hallmarks 835
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Ubersee kaffee silver coin bowl - scale
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