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Rappen
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1750 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1750: ND (1750) |
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Basel's municipal coinage in the mid-eighteenth century occupied an awkward monetary position — the city-state struck its own small denominations while simultaneously circulating Swiss Confederation issues and a flood of foreign coin. The Rappen was the workhorse of local petty transactions, and billon of this weight was already pushing the lower boundary of practical coinage; the metal value barely justified the striking costs.
HMZ 2-108b distinguishes this emission from closely related Basel Rappen types by minor die characteristics documented by Divo and Tobler.