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Issuing authority

Canton of Geneva

Kind
republic
Region
Western Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

6

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

6 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1825 – 1847

6 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

6 deniers from the Canton of Geneva, 1825

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

6 deniers from the Canton of Geneva, 1825

1825

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Reverse: denomination indication in two lines. Year at the bottom in the legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1448; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…

Documented

Partial type record

Canton of Geneva, 1 Sol 6 Deniers, 1825

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Canton of Geneva, 1 Sol 6 Deniers, 1825

1825

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva, above which within rays the letters I, H, and S. Reverse: value designation 1 sol 6 D. [=1½ sol] in three lines. Date at the bottom in legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1446; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal)…

Documented

Partial type record

4 centimes from the Canton of Geneva, 1839

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

4 centimes from the Canton of Geneva, 1839

1839

Silver coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Above it, within a radiant sun, the letters I, H and S. Reverse: denomination indication in two lines, below which is the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1453; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal);…

Documented

Partial type record

Canton of Geneva, 10 centimes, 1839

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Canton of Geneva, 10 centimes, 1839

1839

Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Above it, within a radiant sun, the letters I, H and S. Reverse: denomination indication in two lines, below which is the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1452; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal);…

Documented

Partial type record

Centime from the Canton of Geneva, 1840

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Centime from the Canton of Geneva, 1840

1840

Copper coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Above it, within a radiant sun, the letters I, H and S. Reverse: denomination indication in two lines, below which is the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1457; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal);…

Documented

Partial type record

5 centimes from the Canton of Geneva, 1847

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

5 centimes from the Canton of Geneva, 1847

1847

Silver coin. Obverse: decorated coat of arms of Geneva. Above it, within a radiant sun, the letters I, H and S. Reverse: value indication in two lines, below which the date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1464; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique str…

Documented

Partial type record

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver4
  • Copper2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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