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1 Sol, 6 Deniers
| Issuer | Republic and Canton of Geneva |
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| Year | 1817 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination UN SOL / 6 D: is boldly rendered in two lines at centre, surmounted by a decorative sprig of three wheat stalks rising from a common base. Below the denomination, the mint-master initial H appears above the date 1817, the date flanked by two small stars. The Genevan civic motto POST TENEBRAS LUX encircles the entire design within the milled rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | POST TENEBRAS LUX *1817* UN SOL 6 D: H |
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Geneva's cantonal coinage authority was winding down by 1817 — the Federal Pact of 1815 had restored the old cantons but left monetary matters fragmented, and Swiss federal coinage unification was still decades away. This billon issue belongs to Geneva's last sustained period of independent coin production before federal standardization eventually rendered cantonal types obsolete. The 6-denier subdivision reflects a pre-decimal accounting system Geneva retained long after neighboring states had begun abandoning it.