fwo_753229 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 21 Sols - République de Genève 1710
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Type : 21 Sols - République de Genève
Date: 1710
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,94 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLIC· GENEVENS· // ·17 - 10·.
Obverse description : Écu de Génèvre surmonté d’un soleil avec l’inscription IHS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST / TENEBRAS / LUX / 21.
Reverse description : Dans un cartouche entre deux palmes, surmonté d’un soleil avec l’inscription IHS.
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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