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6 Deniers / 2 Quarts
| Issuer | Republic of Geneva |
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| Year | 1674 |
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| Value | 6 Deniers = 2 Quarts (1⁄192) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the arms of Geneva: a shield divided per pale, displaying an imperial eagle on the dexter side and a key on the sinister side, the traditional heraldic emblem of the city-republic. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle. The Latin civic legend GENEVA · CIVITAS encircles the device, with the date 1674 incorporated into the legend, all rendered in relief against a flat field characteristic of hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The field bears the denomination inscribed in three lines as SIX / DEN / ERS (SIX DENIERS), flanked by elements of the Genevan Reformation motto. The surrounding legend reads · Æ · POST · TENEBRAS · LVX, the celebrated Calvinist device meaning 'After Darkness, Light,' a reference to the Protestant Reformation in Geneva. The inscription is set within a beaded border, with lettering typical of the hammered billon coinage of the late seventeenth-century Geneva Mint. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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