Basel (Mint, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/basel

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Basel (en), Basel (de), Bâle (fr), Basilea (it), Basilea (es), Βασιλεία (el)Additional labels

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The mint(s) in Basel in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Two issues are known from Merovingian times, continuous minting begins unter Louis the Child. First a royal Carolingian and then Burgundian mint, later in the hands of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel, it eventually became a municipal mint. An (additional) imperial mint, established 1429, issued gold coins (gulden) in Basel until 1509. Under the Helvetic Republic, Basel was one of the three central mints.

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URI: http://nomisma.org/id/basel#this
Latitude
47.550556
Longitude
7.591111

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