The mint(s) in Basel in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Two issues are known from Merowingian 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. (en)
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