Hamburg mark

Hamburg mark
Hamburger Mark (German)
32 Schilling coin 1809
Unit
PluralMark
Denominations
Subunit
116Schilling
1192Pfennig
Plural
 SchillingSchillinge
 PfennigPfennige
Demographics
User(s)Hamburg, British Heligoland
British Heligoland postage stamp showing Queen Victoria and denominated in Hamburg schillings.

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.

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.