fwo_1145714 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol - République de Genève 1785
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Type : 1 Sol - République de Genève
Date: 1785
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Petit manque à trois heures au droit. Jolie patine irisée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : écu à l’aigle et à la clef, soleil radiant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX // .1788. // UN / SOL / G.
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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