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FREE AND HANSEATIC CITY OF LÜBECK.
Lübeck – the city in Schleswig-Holstein, on the Trave River near its mouth on the Baltic Sea.
Founded on the site of a Slavic settlement in 1143, Lübeck became a city in 1163. In 1226 Emperor Frederick II declared the city of Lübeck to be an Imperial Free City.
In 1358 Lübeck became the capital of the Hanseatic League, being by far the largest and most powerful member of this trade organization.
By the beginning of the 15th century the Lübeck is the largest city in northern Germany. The Hanseatic League lasted for more than 400 years, and faded away in the 17th century. Lübeck ceased being a leading force and disappeared from the historical stage.
Lübeck remained a Free Imperial City even after the German Mediatisation in 1803 and became a sovereign state after the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Occupied by the French from 1811 to 1813, it was restored as a free city in the latter year.
The Vienna Congress of 1815 made Lübeck one of states of the German Confederation. Lübeck became part of the North German Confederation in 1867 and became became part of the German Empire in 1871.
Although Lübeck was granted the mint right in 1188, reiterated in 1266 and 1340, its earliest civic coinage began about 1350. In Germany Empire Bremen struck coins in 2, 3 and 5 Mark.

	Denomination: 2 Mark Year: 1901 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Coat of arms of Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (with a so-called small eagle). Semicircular inscription: FREIE UND HANSESTADT LÜBECK. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1901 ∙ ZWEI MARK. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 11.111 g. Edge – 140 corrugations, thickness 2.1 mm. Mintage: 25 000. This type of coin was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 2 Mark Year: – Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Coat of arms of Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (with a so-called big eagle). Semicircular inscription: FREIE UND HANSESTADT LÜBECK. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH ∙ ZWEI MARK, year of issue. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 11.111 g. Edge – 140 corrugations, thickness 2.1 mm. This type of coin has been struck in 1904 – 1907, 1911, 1912, was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 3 Mark Year: – Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Coat of arms of Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Semicircular inscription: FREIE UND HANSESTADT LÜBECK. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH ∙ DREI MARK, year of issue. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 33 mm. Weight – 16.667 g., thickness 2.2 mm. Edge – plain, inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. This type of coin has been struck in 1908 – 1914, was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 5 Mark Year: – Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Coat of arms of Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Semicircular inscription: FREIE UND HANSESTADT LÜBECK. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH ∙ FÜNF MARK, year of issue. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 38 mm. Weight – 27.778 g., thickness 2.8 mm. Edge – plain, inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. This type of coin has been struck in 1904, 1907, 1908, 1913, was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany

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