Swiss Cantons, City of Geneva, BI 9 Deniers - 1634 CE - Switzerland

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Geneva
• Date: 1634 CE
• Denomination: BI (billon, debased silver) 9 Deniers (3 Quarts)
• Size: 17.5mm, 0.94g
• Obverse: GENEVA·CIVITAS·1612 - Arms within circle, imperial eagle above, date in legend.
• Reverse: POST TENE BRAS LVX·C - Cross over quadrilobe, mint mark in legend.
• Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.

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