E-auction 21-5948 - fre_302042 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Trois sols 1564 Genève
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 94 € |
| Maximum bid : | 98 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 September 2013 16:18:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Trois sols
Date: 1564
Mint name / Town : Genève
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : *: GENEVA:*: CIVITAS:, (PONCTUATION PAR UNE FLEUR À QUATRE PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la cité sommé du millésime .1564..
Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MM) * POST* TENEBRAS* LVX*, (PONCTUATION PAR UN FLEURON À QUATRE PÉTALES).
Reverse description : Croix bâtonnée, dans un double quadrilobe fleuronné.
Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière (Genèse)).
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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