Issuing authority
Republic of Geneva
- Kind
- republic
- Region
- Switzerland, 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
7
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
7 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1590 – 1795
7 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (7)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Nine sols, emergency coin struck for the soldiers of Geneva during the war between Geneva and Savoy
1590
Obverse: escutcheon in star with eight wavy points. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-203; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.82 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Six sols, emergency coin struck for the soldiers of Geneva during the war between Geneva and Savoy
1590
Obverse: escutcheon in star with eight wavy points. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-204; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 4.71 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Sol, emergency coin struck for the soldiers of Geneva during the war between Geneva and Savoy
1590
Obverse: escutcheon in star with eight wavy points. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-205; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 1.87 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Twelve sols, emergency coin struck for the soldiers of Geneva during the war between Geneva and Savoy
1590
Obverse: escutcheon in radiant star with eight wavy points; between points of star: decorative ornament. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-202; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 5.6…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
City of Geneva, 15 Sols, 1794
1794
Silver coin. Obverse: eagle standing on key with spread wings, in front of which are two tied branches. Year below in legend. Reverse: value designation in two lines within radiant sun. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1437; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
1 sol and 6 deniers from the city of Geneva, 1795
1795
Billon coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Year: an 4 at the bottom in the legend. Reverse: within two tied branches, value indication in two lines: 1 sol six d. Year at the bottom in the legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1438A; its record gives material re…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
City of Geneva, 1 sol and 6 deniers, 1795
1795
Billon coin. Obverse: coat of arms of Geneva in the field. Year: an 4 at the bottom in the legend. Reverse: within two tied branches, denomination indication in two lines. Year at the bottom in the legend. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1438; its record gives material recorded…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 16th century4
- 18th century3
Only the 7 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Copper4
- Silver3
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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