Live auction - fwo_390459 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA 3 Sols - République de Genève 1567
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| Estimate : | 110 € |
| Price : | 70 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 18:29:16 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 3 Sols - République de Genève
Date: 1567
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,07 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et cassé à 5 heures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CIVITAS: (FLORETTE) : GENEVA: (FLORETTE).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Genève, à l’aigle et à la clef, surmontés de la date : 1567.
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST (FLORETTE) TENEBRAS (FLORETTE) LVX : C :.
Reverse description : Croix .
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière).
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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