fwo_1054887 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol 1825
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Type : 1 Sol
Date: 1825
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REP. ET CANTON DE GENEVE.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'un soleil.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX// .1833..
Reverse description : Au centre en deux lignes : UN/ SOL.
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière, (Genèse)).
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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