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fwo_934506 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol n.d. Genève

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol n.d. Genève VF
140.00 €(Approx. 155.40$ | 117.60£)
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Type : Sol
Date: (1548-1550)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,72 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : *GENEVA* CIVITAS*, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'une aigle éployée et bicéphale.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).

Reverse


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

Commentary


Le sol vaut 12 deniers de Genève. D'après Demole, ces sols de Genève sans millésime, mais avec comme différent une étoile en début de légende du revers, auraient été frappés à partir de 1548 et jusqu'au mois de mai 1550.

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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