v44_0719 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol 1556 Genève
MONNAIES 44 (2010)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sol
Date: 1556
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce sol est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant quelques faiblesse de frappe et de petites taches vertes. Faiblesse de frappe sur la marque de maître, qui est un G
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1556.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'une aigle bicéphale éployée.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MM): POST: TENEBRAS: LVX:.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière, (Genèse)).
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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