fwo_852159 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Centime - Canton de Genève 1840
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Price : 30.00 €
Type : 1 Centime - Canton de Genève
Date: 1840
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ·POST·TENE- -BRAS·LUX· / IHS.
Obverse description : Aigle coupé en deux surmonté d'un soleil et accompagné d'une clé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REP·ET CANT· // I / CENTIME / 1840 / DE GENEVE.
Reverse description : Dans le champ.
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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