Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Centime
| Issuer | Canton of Geneva |
|---|---|
| Year | 1847 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the numeral '1' above the denomination CENTIME in bold serif lettering, with the date 1847 beneath, all within a raised inner circle. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE runs along the outer border, separated from the inner circle by a plain field. A small decorative cross or fleuron appears at the base of the legend. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE 1 CENTIME 1847 |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Geneva struck its own cantonal coinage until federal consolidation under the Swiss Confederation in 1850 rendered all cantonal issues obsolete. This 1847 piece falls in the final years of that independent minting authority, with federal currency legislation already in motion. The transition was not merely administrative — it ended centuries of localized monetary practice across the cantons.
The KM#132 and KM#132a distinction reflects a documented compositional variation within the type, likely tied to copper supply inconsistencies in the late cantonal period.