fwo_787547 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 2 Centimes - Canton de Genève 1839
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Type : 2 Centimes - Canton de Genève
Date: 1839
Quantity minted : 78000
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,31 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : POST. TENE. BRAS. LUX..
Obverse description : Blason à l’aigle et à la clef.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REP. ET CANT. DE GENEVE.
Reverse description : 2 / CENTIMES / 1839.
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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