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5 Ducats
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1700-1740 |
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| Value | 5 Ducats (40) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed panoramic cityscape of Basel rendered in high relief, depicting the city's skyline with numerous church spires, towers, and civic buildings stretching across the middle field, bisected by the River Rhine with sailing vessels and boats visible on the water. In the lower portion of the field a cartouche contains the fraction mark '1/Z', denoting the denomination. The legend BASILEA arcs along the upper rim in capital Latin letters, separated from the city view by a beaded inner border, with the milled edge defining the outer boundary of the design. |
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| Mintage | ND (1700-1740) |
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Basel's large gold multiples of this period were almost certainly struck as presentation or donative pieces rather than circulating currency — seventeen and a half grams of near-pure gold had no practical role in daily commerce. The city's mint rights derived from its imperial free city status within the Holy Roman Empire, and issues like this one functioned as diplomatic instruments, given to visiting dignitaries or awarded to civic benefactors.
The forty-year span assigned to KM#145 suggests the type was produced sporadically across multiple municipal administrations rather than in a single sustained run.