MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 15.24 €
Estimate : 30.49 €
Realised price : 22.87 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 50.31 €
Starting price : 15.24 €
Estimate : 30.49 €
Realised price : 22.87 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 50.31 €
Type : Six deniers
Date: 1833
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,84 g.
Edge : striée
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire avec son argenture
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REP. ET CANTON DE GENEVE.
Obverse description : Armes de la cité dans le champ surmontées d'un soleil.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX// .1833..
Reverse description : Au centre en deux lignes : SIX/ D..
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière, tiré de la Genèse).
Commentary
Début de cassure de coin au revers.
Beginning of die break on the reverse
Beginning of die break on the reverse
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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