Issuing authority
Canton of Basel
The Canton of Basel was a member state of the Old Swiss Confederacy and later the Swiss Confederation until its partition into Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft.
- Kind
- state
- Region
- Western Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- 1501 – 1833
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
2
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
2 with a credited real-object photo
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (2)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Canton of Basel, ½ Batzen, 1809
1809
Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms within two tied branches. Reverse: within two tied branches, value indication in two lines, below which is the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1406; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking);…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Canton of Basel, rappen, 1810
1810
Copper coin. Obverse: decorated coat of arms within two branches. Reverse: within baroque decoration, value indication in two lines, below which is the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1407; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalwork…
Partial type record
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper1
- Silver1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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