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¼ Ducat
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1780 |
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| Weight | 1.12 g |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic winged basilisk (dragon), the traditional symbol of the City of Basel, is depicted in profile facing right, its wings spread and body rendered in fine detail. To the lower left, an oval shield displays the arms of Basel — a diagonal black bend (staff) on a white field — serving as the civic coat of arms. The mintmaster's initial 'S' appears in the exergue at the bottom of the field. The coin is bordered by a milled or grained inner rim, characteristic of late 18th-century Swiss cantonal gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | S |
| Reverse description | The reverse field displays the denomination and issuer's name in three bold lines of raised Latin lettering: the fraction '1/4' at the top, followed by 'DUCAT.' on the second line, and 'BASIL.' on the third line, denoting the quarter-ducat coinage of the Canton and City of Basel. The plain, unadorned field focuses attention entirely on the typographic inscription, framed by a milled border consistent with the obverse. The design is characteristic of the austere, legibility-focused style of late 18th-century Swiss cantonal gold issues. |
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