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E-auction 172-107199 - fwo_399291 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol 1825

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol 1825  XF
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Estimate : 15 €
Price : 9 €
Maximum bid : 9 €
End of the sale : 01 August 2016 17:32:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : 1 Sol
Date: 1825
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,0 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : REP. ET CANTON DE GENEVE.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'un soleil.

Reverse


Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX// .1833..
Reverse description : Au centre en deux lignes : UN/ SOL.
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière, (Genèse)).

Commentary


Ce type fut frappé entre 1817, 1819, 1825 et 1833.

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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