fwo_745382 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Centime 1844
45.00 €(Approx. 50.85$ | 38.25£)
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Type : 1 Centime
Date: 1844
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,98 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : POST. TENE - BRAS. LUX..
Obverse description : Armes de Genève.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REP ET CANT DE GENEVE / I CENTIME / 1844.
Reverse description : Légende sur cinq lignes.
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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