Geneva 1847-AB 5 centimes
This specimen was lot 2746 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND, Geneva, Stadt und Kanton Genf, 5 Centimes 1847. FDC. (city and canton of Geneva, five centimes of 1847. Uncirculated.)"
Geneva, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins sporadically throughout the eighteenth century. The coinage was interrupted by Napoleonic occupation but resumed in 1817. In 1839, the coinage was decimalized to 100 centimes = one franc and one, two, four, five, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. None are rare today. In 1848, Geneva was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 2.02 g.
Catalog reference: D.T. 286, HMZ 2-367b, KM 133 (billon); KM 133a (silver).
- Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
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