NGC MS63 PROOFLIKE | *Single Finest* | Germany, Hamburg, Freie Hansestadt, Gold Bank Portugaloser of 10-Ducats, 1689, signed by engraver Johann Reteke, sub umbrua alarum tuarum, view of the city of Hamburg from across the river Elbe, shipping in the foreground, the radiant jehova in clouds above, the initials i-r divided by hamburg, in cartouche in exergue, rev. * banchorum in europa bono cum deo erectorum memoria. m.dc.lxxxix:, four oval shields of the cities of, above, Venice, to left and right, Amsterdam and Hamburg, and below, Nurnberg, each in a baroque cartouche, the cartouches linked and bordered by ribbands and flowers, a winged angel head above, the initials hbm, for Hinrich Burmeister, the ältester Bankbürger, the senior merchant citizen of the Hamburg Specie-Bank, below, 34.82g (Gaedechens vol. III, pp. 103, no. 1643; Forrer v, 95), brilliant uncirculated, a magnificent example, very rare, in NGC large holder, graded MS63 PL (Cert. #6295584-001) [Single Finest Certified]