Basel thaler
| Thaler | |
|---|---|
| File:Basel city view taler obverse.jpg | |
| BASILEA, city view of Basel, value (<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2). | Crozier with floral decoration in circle of eight shields. |
| ca. 1640 - AR - 14.07 g | |
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Basel's basic currency unit was the livre (later franc or frank), divided into 10 batzen or 40 kreuzer. It was worth <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4th the French silver écu or 6.67 g fine silver.
The French écu was also equivalent to 4 Franken of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Basel franken.
Coins
The first Thalers were issued between 1542 and 1552 by the city of Basel, together with <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 Thaler between 1542 and 1548. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the canton issued <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2, 1 and 2 Thaler coins, with <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄3 Thaler only struck between 1764 and 1766. In the late 18th century, the canton issued billon coins for <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2, 1 and 3 Batzen, silver pieces of <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄6, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄3, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 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 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4 Thaler in 1623, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 Thaler in 1625 and 1 Thaler in 1624 and 1625. Bishop Johann Konrad II (1705–1737) issued <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4 Thaler in 1717 and 1 Thaler in 1716. These were the last Thaler-denominated coins issued by the Bishopric of Basel. However, the Bishopric continued to issue billon coins, in denominations of <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 and 1 Batzen, and silver coins for 12 and 24 Kreuzer (3 and 6 Batzen).
References
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External links
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