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Thaler
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1622-1639 |
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| Diameter | 43 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Basel's thalers of this period were struck during the Thirty Years' War, when the city's status as a neutral Reformed canton within the Swiss Confederation made it a financial refuge and a conduit for cross-border payments. The city mint was under sustained pressure to produce hard currency as regional trade circuits collapsed and debased coinage flooded in from the German states. Basel's response was conservative — the weight standard held firm while neighbors capitulated to the Kipper und Wipper debasement crisis that peaked around 1622.
The HMZ 2#78i attribution distinguishes this from closely related die pairings within the KM#79 grouping.