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fwo_867378 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Centime 1839

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Centime 1839 AU
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45.00  €
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Type : 1 Centime
Date: 1839
Quantity minted : 325000
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,69 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
HMZ.2-370  - KM.19/125

Obverse

Obverse legend : POST. TENE. BRAS. LUX..
Obverse description : Blason à l’aigle et à la clef.

Reverse

Reverse legend : REP. ET CANT. DE GENEVE.
Reverse description : I / CENTIME / 1839.

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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