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fwo_662457 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 25 Centimes 1847

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 25 Centimes 1847  AU
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : 25 Centimes
Date: 1847
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,57 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : POST TENE~ ~BRAS LUX // A. - B..
Obverse description : Écu de Genève surmonté d’un soleil avec l’inscription IHS.

Reverse


Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE // 25 / CENTIMES / 1847.
Reverse description : Dans le champ.

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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