fwo_950090 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 6 Sols 1602 Genève
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Type : 6 Sols
Date: 1602
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,76 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie ayant été nettoyée et ancienne monture encore présente à 6 heures au droit. marque sur la tranche à 12 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1602.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'une aigle éployée coupant la légende à 12 heures.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST. TENEBRAS. LVX.
Reverse description : POVR / ·SIX / SOLS(En trois lignes dans le champ) .
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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