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Dicken
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1623 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the centre of the field, rendered with finely detailed plumage and spread wings; the heads face outward to left and right beneath a single imperial crown. A small ornamental device appears on the eagle's breast. The surrounding legend DOMINE + CONSERVA + NOS + IN + PACE (Lord, preserve us in peace) runs along the full circumference, separated from the central design by a beaded inner border. The composition reflects Basel's status as an Imperial city, invoking divine protection through the scriptural motto. |
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Basel's civic coinage of the early seventeenth century was struck against a backdrop of mounting pressure from the Thirty Years' War, which broke out in 1618 and immediately disrupted trade networks along the Rhine. The city jealously guarded its minting rights as an independent imperial city, and issues like this Dicken were as much political declarations of autonomy as they were instruments of commerce.
The HMZ 2#81b attribution places this among a tightly defined run within the Basel civic series — the Divo/Tob cross-reference confirms the variety rather than simply the type.