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Genevoise Revolutionary Coinage
| Issuer | Republic of Geneva |
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| Year | 1794 |
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| Currency | Genevoise (1794) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE GENEVOISE EGALITE LIBERTE INDEPENDANCE T·B· |
| Reverse description | Plain field bearing a five-line central inscription PRIX DU TRAVAIL / L'AN III DE / L'EGALITE / 1794, enclosed within a wreath formed by two upright ears of grain (wheat or oat sprigs) curving symmetrically from the base to meet at the top. The peripheral legend APRES LES TENEBRES LA LUMIERE — the ancient motto of Geneva, meaning 'After Darkness, Light' — encircles the design along the rim, referencing the Reformed Protestant tradition of the city. The date 1794 appears at the foot of the central inscription. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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