1 Centime

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.