fwo_787546 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Centime 1847
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Type : 1 Centime
Date: 1847
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Edge : lisse
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Obverse
Obverse legend : POST. TENE. BRAS. LUX..
Obverse description : Blason à l’aigle et à la clef.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE // 1 / CENTIME / 1847.
Reverse description : dans le champ.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
Gegenna became Geneva on December 4, 1535. On November 24, 1535, the Council of Two Hundred decided to have coins minted in the name of the Republic of Geneva; the first sols de billon were minted in 1536. The Republic of Geneva was proclaimed on May 21, 1536 and the reformed religion became the state religion. Education becomes compulsory and free.
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