fwo_722961 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 6 Sols - PB 1791 Genève
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Price : 170.00 €
Type : 6 Sols - PB
Date: 1791
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Fines rayures dans le champs au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : Blason à l’aigle et à la clef.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX . 1791..
Reverse description : SIX SOLS P.B.
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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