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fwo_909033 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 3 Sols 1791

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 3 Sols 1791  AU
60.00 €(Approx. 63.00$ | 49.80£)
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Type : 3 Sols
Date: 1791
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,73 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : Blason à l’aigle et à la clef.

Reverse


Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX . P. 1791. J. B..

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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