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Rappen
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1500-1599 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | Completely blank field, unworked and featureless, enclosed within a raised inner circle and an outer border of large raised pellets mirroring the obverse. No design, inscription, or device of any kind is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1500-1599) |
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A gold Rappen from Basel sits in unusual territory — the Rappen was overwhelmingly a billon or copper denomination across the Swiss cantons, and gold strikings at this weight represent either presentation pieces or emergency monetary decisions by the city council. Basel's mint was active through much of the sixteenth century under the authority of the bishop before civic control consolidated, a transition that created documentary gaps making precise attribution within this century genuinely difficult.