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Dicken Piefort
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1520 |
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| Currency | Dicken (1499-1535) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Basel crozier (the city's heraldic staff symbol), rendered in high relief within a lobed, quatrefoil-shaped ornamental frame, characteristic of early sixteenth-century Swiss die-cutting. The crozier head features an elegant volute with a transverse bar, flanked by stylized foliate or fluted drapery elements forming the lower portion of the cartouche. A beaded inner border separates the central device from the circumferential legend. The outer legend reads ✠ MONETA ⁑ BASILIENSIS ⁑ 1520, incised in Gothic uncial characters with pellet stops, encircled by a dentilated rim. The overall composition reflects the Renaissance craftsmanship associated with Urs Graf's work at the Basel Mint. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Mintage | 1520 |
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