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fwo_482148 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 15 Sols - République de Genève 1794

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 15 Sols - République de Genève 1794 VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : 15 Sols - République de Genève
Date: 1794
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,76 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Catalogue references :
KM/WC.18/97

Obverse

Obverse legend : POST*TENEBRAS*LUX / * 1794 *.
Obverse description : aigle aux ailes déployées perché sur une clef, couronné de feuilles de chêne.

Reverse

Reverse legend : EGALITE * LIBERTE * INDEPENDANCE * W.
Reverse description : soleil radiant avec au centre la valeur faciale.

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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