Basel thaler

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caption_left = BASILEA, city view of Basel, value (1/2).
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footer = ca. 1640 - AR - 14.07 gThe "Thaler" was the currency of the Swiss canton of Basel until 1798. It was subdivided into 30 "Batzen", each of 4 "Kreuzer" or 8 "Rappen". The currency was issued by both the Canton and Bishopric of Basel. It was replaced by the Frank of the Helvetian Republic in 1798. This was, in turn, replaced by the Basel Frank.

Coins

The first Thaler were issued between 1542 and 1552 by the city of Basel, together with ½ Thaler between 1542 and 1548. In 17th and 18th centuries, the canton issued ¼, ½, 1 and 2 Thaler coins, with ⅓ Thaler only struck between 1764 and 1766. In the late 18th century, the canton issued billon coins for ½, 1 and 3 Batzen, silver pieces of frac|6, ⅓, ½ and 1 Thaler, and gold "Duplone" and 1 and 2 "Gulden".

The "Bistum" (Bishopric) issued silver Thaler for the first time in 1596. Bishop Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein (1608-1628) issued ¼ Thaler in 1623, ½ Thaler in 1625 and 1 Thaler in 1624 and 1625. Bishop Johann Konrad II (1705-1737) issued ¼ Thaler in 1717 and 1 Thaler in 1716. These where last Thaler denominated coins issued by the Bishopric of Basel. However, the Bishopric continued to issue billon coins, in denominations of ½ and 1 Batzen and silver coins for 12 and 24 Kreuzer (3 and 6 Batzen).

References

*numis cite SCWC | date=1991
*cite book | title=HMZ Katalog: Schweiz - Liechtenstein -15. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart|edition= 5th ed. | author=Hans Peter Capon|editor= | publisher=HMZ-Verlag| year=1995| id=ISBN 3-95208-140-X

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