fwo_1093343 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF BASEL 1/2 Batzen 1809
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Type : 1/2 Batzen
Date: 1809
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,60 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CANTON BASEL.
Obverse description : Écu entre deux rameaux d'olivier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1/2 / BATZEN / 1809.
Reverse description : dans une couronne de chêne et d'olivier.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF BASEL
(1803-1813)
The Helvetic Republic imposed by the French came to an end in 1803. Bonaparte, by the Act of Mediation gave the Swiss cantons a new constitution which provided for military aid of 16,000 men in exchange for the creation of a federative republic where each canton had its government, almost universal suffrage was established, the army and coin were common.
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