The Frank was the currency of the Swisscanton of Basel between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 Batzen, each of 10 Rappen. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Unofficial coat of arms of the historic canton of Basel Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, when it was split into the two present-day half-cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country. ...
The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798, replacing the Thaler in Basel. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Basel issued coins between 1805 and 1826. In 1850, the Swiss franc was introduced, with 1½ Swiss francs = 1 Basel Frank. ISO 4217 Code CHF User(s) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Campione dItalia Inflation 1. ... The Helvetic Republic was a state formation in the area of Switzerland. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: , French: , Italian: ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as of 2003). ... ISO 4217 Code CHF User(s) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Campione dItalia Inflation 1. ...
Coins
Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2 and 5 Rappen, ½ and 1 Batzen, with silver coins for 3 and 5 Batzen.
References
Chester L. Krause & Clifford Mishler (1991). in Colin R. Bruce II: Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1991, 18th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-150-1.
External links
The Global History of Currencies - Switzerland
Global Financial Data currency histories table ( Microsoft Excel format)
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