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Rappen
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1500-1550 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised inner circle, the Basel arms (a black diagonal staff or crozier on a white field) are depicted at center, flanked by four stylized lilies radiating symmetrically toward the four cardinal points of the shield. The entire central design is enclosed by a prominent outer border of raised pellets, characteristic of early 16th-century Swiss hammered coinage. The field is plain with no legend or inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (1500-1550) |
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A gold Rappen from Basel in this weight class is an unusual instrument — the denomination was overwhelmingly a billon or silver matter, and gold strikes at this module were almost certainly presentation or donative pieces rather than anything that passed through a merchant's hand. Basel's mint authority in the early sixteenth century operated under significant tension with the Bishop of Basel, whose own coinage rights overlapped uncomfortably with those of the civic council, a dispute that sharpened considerably after the city formally joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501.