fwo_852202 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 21 Sols - République de Genève 1721
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Type : 21 Sols - République de Genève
Date: 1721
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,72 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,31 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS / 1721.
Obverse description : Écu festonné de la République de Genève surmonté s’un soleil irradié avec inscription IHS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST / TENEBRAS / LUX / 21.
Reverse description : Inscription sur quatre lignes dans un cartouche surmonté d’un angelot et surmonté s’un soleil irradié avec inscription IHS.
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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