Difference between revisions of "Geneva 1839 2 centimes"
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''Specification:'' billon, this specimen 1.37 g. | ''Specification:'' billon, this specimen 1.37 g. | ||
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* [[Geneva 1839 4 centimes|1839 4 centimes]] | * [[Geneva 1839 4 centimes|1839 4 centimes]] | ||
* [[Geneva 1839 10 centimes|1839 10 centimes]] | * [[Geneva 1839 10 centimes|1839 10 centimes]] | ||
| + | * [[Geneva 1839 25 centimes|1839 25 centimes, struck in silver]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1839]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1839]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:10, 20 June 2024
This specimen was lot 4232 in Sincona sale 77 (Zurich, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Geneva | Stadt und Kanton, 2 Centimes 1839, Genf. FDC. (city and canton of Geneva, two centimes of 1839, 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, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. None are rare today altho the silver presentation strikes can be expensive. In 1848, Geneva was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased.
Recorded mintage: 78,000.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 126, D.T. 288, HMZ 2-369a.
- Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zurich: 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 77, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction, Coins and Medals of Switzerland., Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.
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