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fwo_343582 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 3 Sols - République de Genève 1560
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : 3 Sols - République de Genève
Date: 1560
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés, fissures du flan à 2, 7 et 11 heures. Usure de circulation. Patine gris clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CIVITAS: (FLORETTE) : GENEVA: (FLORETTE).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Genève, à l’aigle et à la clef, surmontés de la date : 1560.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST (FLORETTE) TENEBRAS (FLORETTE) LVX : C :.
Reverse description : Croix .
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière).
Commentary
Pour ce type assez commun, l’année 1560 est certainement la plus rare et la plus difficile à trouver.
For this fairly common type, the year 1560 is certainly the rarest and most difficult to find.
For this fairly common type, the year 1560 is certainly the rarest and most difficult to find.
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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