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fwo_958479 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 6 Quarts 1678 Genève

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 6 Quarts 1678 Genève VF
120.00 €(Approx. 124.80$ | 99.60£)
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Type : 6 Quarts
Date: 1678
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Frappe sur un flan irrégulier. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1678.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité .
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).

Reverse


Reverse legend : POST. TENEBRAS. LVX.
Reverse description : Croix .
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière (Genèse)).

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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