fwo_976719 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol de Genève 1562 Genève
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Type : 1 Sol de Genève
Date: 1562
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappé sur un flan plutôt large présentant des éclatements. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1562.
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:, (TROIS POINTS APRÈS 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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