fme_1139435 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, République génoise
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Type : Médaille, République génoise
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,17 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA - GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : Armoiries de Genève.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
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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