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fwo_531778 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol 1833

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 1 Sol 1833 AU
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : 1 Sol
Date: 1833
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
HMZ.2-359  - KM.19/120

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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