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Plappart Gothic lettering, with rays
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1515-1530 |
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| Value | 1 Plappart = 6 Rappen (1⁄40) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Basel civic arms — a black crosier on a divided shield — set within an ornate cusped and foliate frame with decorative elements at the crown. The shield is surrounded by an inner beaded border, beyond which the Gothic uncial legend reads MONETA.NOVA.BASILENSIS in an outer beaded circle. The overall design is characteristic of late medieval Swiss municipal coinage, with fine engraving detail on the frame and shield. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Basel's civic coinage of the early sixteenth century was produced under the direct authority of the city council, which had effectively wrested monetary control from the bishop by the late fifteenth century. The Plappart was a workhorse denomination in the Upper Rhine currency system, circulating alongside comparable issues from Bern, Zürich, and the Habsburgs in a region where no single monetary authority dominated.
The HMZ 2#66a attribution places this squarely in the period just before Basel formally joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501 reshaped the city's political alliances — and in the years running up to the Reformation of 1529, which triggered a complete overhaul of civic institutions, including the mint.