fwo_1038232 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 2 Quart (1/2 sol) 1555 Genève
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Price : 110.00 €
Type : 2 Quart (1/2 sol)
Date: 1555
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,16 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1555.
Obverse description : Ecu aux armes de Genève surmonté d'un soleil.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève, 1555).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MM): POST: TENEBRAS: LVX:.
Reverse description : Croix, en son coeur IHS.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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