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Rappen - Johann Franz von Schönau-Zell
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1651-1656 |
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| Value | 1 Rappen (Schwarzpfennig) (1⁄240) |
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| Reverse description | Plain field with no design or inscription, characteristic of small-denomination Rappen coinage of the period, with a beaded or plain border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johann Franz von Schönau-Zell's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Basel was brief and administratively unremarkable, sandwiched between the trauma of the Thirty Years' War and the slower reconstruction of ecclesiastical authority in the region. The Bishopric had emerged from that conflict with its temporal holdings fragmented and its finances severely strained, which makes small silver issues from this period genuinely scarce in any condition — production volumes were constrained by bullion shortages that persisted well into the 1650s across the Upper Rhine.