Swiss Cantons, City of Basel, AR ⅙ Thaler - 1766 CE - Switzerland

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Basel
• Date: 1766 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) ⅙ Thaler
• Size: 26mm, 4.92g
• Obverse: DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE - Winged dragon holding arms at lower left.
• Reverse: MONETA REIPUB· BASILEENSIS 1/6 1766 - Value within wreath, date below.
• Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.

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