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fwo_481953 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1/2 Thaler 1795 Genève

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1/2 Thaler 1795 Genève VF
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Price : 165.00 €
Type : 1/2 Thaler
Date: 1795
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,66 g.
Edge : losangée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX/ 1795.
Obverse description : Soleil rayonnant inscrit à l'intérieur : VI. FLORINS/ VIs VId/ W.
Obverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière).

Reverse


Reverse legend : * GENEVE * REPUBLIQUE *// L'AN * IV * DE * L'EGALITE.
Reverse description : Écu rond parti aux armes de Genève dans une couronne formée de deux branches de chêne.

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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