Live auction - fme_1002942 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, Exposition nationale Suisse
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 36 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 April 2025 18:05:27 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Exposition nationale Suisse
Date: 1890
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HANTZ Georges (1846-1930)
Weight : 37,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène avec des traces d’usure. Présence de quelques coups, rayures et tâches d’oxydation sur la tranche. La médaille semble d’ailleurs avoir été testé sur la tranche à deux endroits (à 4 et 10 heures)
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXPOSITION NATIONALE SUISSE // 1890.
Obverse description : Figure féminine drapée montrant à un jeune enfant, tenant une trompette, la vue au lointain d’un château. Signé : GEORGES HANTZ.
Reverse
Reverse legend : . GENEVE . VSINE DE DEGROSSISSAGE D’OR . ATELIER DE FRAPPE .
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et blason de Genève au centre posé sur une couronne de chêne .
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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