fwo_927142 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 5 Centimes 1847
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Type : 5 Centimes
Date: 1847
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,02 g.
Edge : lisse
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Predigree :
collection A. J. G. L.
Obverse
Obverse legend : POST TENE. - BRAS LUX.
Obverse description : Armes de Genève.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE // 5 / CENTIMES / 1847.
Reverse description : Légende dans un cercle plein.
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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