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Basel. City View 2-Thalers (ND), KM-71, D-1741, XF45 NG

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD
Basel. City View 2-Thalers (ND), KM-71, D-1741, XF45 NG
<B>Basel. City View 2-Thalers (ND),</B></I> KM-71, D-1741, XF45 NGC (not in capsule, too large, but with certificate), pleasing dark gray toning. This huge piece, in a nice state of preservation, offers a perspective view of the old city divided by the river Rhine, showing roads in the foreground, boats on the river and the bridge across it to the oldest quarter of the city with its many towers, and "floating" above the city view is its name in a cartouche. The image is highly suggestive of the narrow lanes that still meander through the tall old buildings. Basel, on the edge of the country very near both Germany and France, has a long and interesting history of more than a thousand years, and has long been a commercial center. This excellent coin captures it in a Renaissance "snapshot."<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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