fwo_1183736 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol 1551 Genève
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Type : Sol
Date: 1551
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,72 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. 1551.
Obverse description : Ecu aux armes de Genève surmonté d'un aigle bicéphale.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève, 1551).
Reverse
Reverse legend : : B : POST: TENEBRAS: LVX.
Reverse description : Croix échancrée.
Reverse translation : (Après les Ténèbres, la Lumière) .
Commentary
La devise de La cité de Genève est tiré des Écritures : "Après les Ténèbres, la Lumière".
The motto of the city of Geneva is taken from the Scriptures: \\\"After darkness, light\\\"
The motto of the city of Geneva is taken from the Scriptures: \\\"After darkness, light\\\"
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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