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1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1508 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse lettering | MOnET AV R BASILIE |
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Basel's goldgulden coinage operated under a municipal minting privilege jealously defended against both the Bishop of Basel and the Habsburgs throughout the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. By 1508 the city was a thriving commercial hub on the Rhine, and its gold coinage circulated widely through the Burgundian trade network and into the Italian banking system. The HMZ 2#50g variety falls within a tightly documented sequence; minor die differences within the 50-series are recorded by Wielandt and allow individual pieces to be placed within a narrow production window.