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2 Goldgulden
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1720 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Basel's status as a free imperial city gave its mint unusual latitude, and double-gulden issues of this period were minted primarily for presentation and trade rather than everyday commerce — a distinction that explains why survivors tend to appear in better condition than their nominal face value would suggest. The city's gold coinage drew on Rhine trade wealth accumulated over centuries of positioning Basel as a commercial crossing point between the German states and the Swiss Confederacy.
Fr#28 and HMZ 2#93a both confirm this as a genuinely scarce type; die-documented survivors are few.