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5 Ducats
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1740 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BASILEA 1740 H |
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Basel's five-ducat pieces of this period were struck as presentation coins rather than circulating currency — heavy multiples of this kind were produced in limited quantities for diplomatic gifts, civic ceremonies, and the occasional lucrative sale to foreign collectors already accumulating Swiss gold. The city-republic's mint operated under strict guild oversight, and output of high-denomination multiples was tightly controlled by the council.
KM# 159 is seldom encountered, and survivors are almost invariably in better preservation for the simple reason that few ever left a cabinet.