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Thaler
| Issuer | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1670 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Basel arms — a black crozier head (Basler Stab) — set within an elaborate Baroque cartouche of foliate and scrollwork ornament. The shield is flanked by symmetrical acanthus scroll volutes and surmounted by a decorative floral finial. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design within a beaded border: DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE (Lord, preserve us in peace), with small star separators punctuating the inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE |
| Reverse description | A detailed bird's-eye panoramic view of the city of Basel fills the entire field, depicting the city straddling the Rhine River with meticulous engraving of towers, spires, fortification walls, bridges, and densely packed buildings on both the Greater and Lesser Basel banks. The skyline is dominated by multiple church steeples and city gate towers rendered in fine relief. Stylised clouds appear in the upper field above the cityscape, while the flowing Rhine with wave lines bisects the composition horizontally. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle and a beaded outer border, with no peripheral legend on this side. |
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