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1 Goldgulden
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the oval arms of Basel — a black diagonal staff (crozier) on a white field — set within an elaborately engraved Baroque cartouche adorned with foliate scrollwork and floral ornaments at the top and bottom. The shield is presented in a distinctly oval form typical of late 18th-century Swiss civic coinage. The Latin legend DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE (Lord, preserve us in peace) encircles the design, reading clockwise from the lower left, and is separated from the milled border by a fine inner ring. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a Basel bonnet (Baselstab hat) mounted atop a tall pole or staff, flanked symmetrically by two large, naturalistic sprays of foliage tied together at the base with a ribbon, forming a formal bouquet composition. The arrangement evokes the civic freedom symbolism associated with the Swiss republican tradition. The circumferential Latin legend FLORENVS AVREVS REIPVB • BASIL • (Gold florin of the Republic of Basel) runs clockwise around the periphery, separated from the coin's milled and beaded border by a fine raised ring. |
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