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2 Ducats 'the Christmas Ducat'
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1680-1700 |
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| Value | 2 Ducats (16) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Basel's municipal gold issues of the late seventeenth century served a specific civic function: presentation pieces distributed by the city council to dignitaries, foreign envoys, and favored citizens during the Christmas season — hence the enduring nickname. These were not minted for commerce. Fr#85 is documented across a date range rather than a single year precisely because the dies were reused across multiple holiday distributions, with the council ordering strikes as political occasion demanded rather than on any fixed schedule.