fwo_703155 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Thaler 1723
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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Thaler
Date: 1723
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 26,22 g.
Edge : décorée
Coments on the condition:
coup sur tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA GENEVENSIS.
Obverse description : Écu de Genève surmonté d’un soleil radiant avec l’inscription IHS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX // ·17 23·.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1536-1798)
Geneva experienced serious social unrest on the eve of the French Revolution. In 1790, the inhabitants, deprived of political rights, revolted and ended up seizing power: they proclaimed the equality of all citizens in December 1792. On 23 Germinal year VI (April 12, 1798), the Helvetic Republic was founded and on 26 Germinal (April 15, 1798), the French occupied Geneva, which was attached on the following 7 Floréal (April 26, 1798) and became the capital of the Léman department..
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