fwo_1038240 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Thaler 1795 Genève
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Type : Thaler
Date: 1795
Mint name / Town : Genève
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,30 g.
Edge : losangée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX/ 1795.
Obverse description : Soleil rayonnant inscrit à l'intérieur : XII. FLORINS/ IX SOLS..
Obverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * GENEVE * REPUBLIQUE *// L'AN * IV * DE * L'EGALITE.
Reverse description : Écu rond parti aux armes de Genève dans une couronne formée de deux branches de chêne.
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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