E-auction 23-6691 - fre_305337 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Sol n.d. Genève
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 17 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2013 16:22:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Sol
Date: (1555-1556)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,82 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GENEVA. CIVITAS. (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité surmonté d'une aigle éployée coupant la légende.
Obverse translation : Cité de Genève.
Reverse
Reverse legend : :(MM): POST: TENEBRAS: LUX (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).
Reverse description : Croix aux extrémités bifides.
Reverse translation : Après les ténèbres, la lumière (Genèse).
Commentary
Les exemplaires présentant un G en début de légende du revers correspond à la maîtrise de Henri Goulaz (1555-1556).
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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