Live auction - fwo_925088 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 8 Deniers 1620
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 July 2024 19:16:19 |
Type : 8 Deniers
Date: 1620
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,23 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Patine tachée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA CIVITAS 1620.
Obverse description : Emblème de Genève .
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENERAS LVX.
Reverse description : POUR / VIII / DEN:.
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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