fme_760629 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Plaquette, République de Genève
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Type : Plaquette, République de Genève
Date: n.d.
Metal : various
Diameter : 56,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Aspect poreux. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : Armes de la République de Genève.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Carré de 40 mm de côté.
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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